Highlights:
- Virgin Orbit signs agreement to secure two new airframes to meet U.S. national security and its allies’ launch demands
- L3Harris will modify one aircraft, aims to deliver Virgin Orbit’s second airborne launcher by 2023
- New cargo configuration expected to enable foreign spaceport launch and transport of rockets, support equipment
LONG BEACH, Calif. and MELBOURNE, Fla., May 10, 2022 (Virgin Orbit PR) — Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading satellite launch company, has signed an agreement with L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) to acquire two Boeing 747-400 airframes to support the growing need for U.S. national security and allies’ satellite launch demands.
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