US Air Force Selects Blue Origin and Anduril for Rocket Cargo Delivery Project: Report
12 Sep 2025
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SPACE.COM - The U.S. Air Force has asked two more companies to explore how to deliver rocket-flown cargo to any point in the world within one hour, according to a media report.
Blue Origin, which launches brief suborbital missions for astronauts and cargo using its New Shepard rocket and is expanding into deep space launches with its New Glenn rocket, is one of the contractors selected. The other is Anduril Industries, which builds autonomous systems such as uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) as a defense-technology contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Note: Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent.
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