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Anduril, Blue Origin to study how to transport cargo from orbit to Earth for the Pentagon


Blue Origin and Anduril notched small contracts that could revolutionize how the Pentagon transports cargo.

Blue Origin and Anduril have landed new study contracts with the U.S. Air Force to explore how their technology, including rockets, could move military cargo around the world. The two awards fall under the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Experimentation for Global Agile Logistics (REGAL) program. REGAL is the experimentation arm of AFRL’s larger Rocket Cargo program, which is focused on “delivery as a service” via orbital transport.

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