https://spacewatch.global/tag/german-federal-defense/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/german-federal-defense/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/polaris-receives-bundeswehr-contract-for-spaceplane-demonstrator/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39923 The German Bundeswehr (Federal Defense) has awarded Polaris a contract to build and flight-test a scaled demonstrator of its Aurora space launch and hypersonic system, Polaris reported. The vehicle is a downscaled version of the future spaceplane powered by a reusable liquid-fuel rocket engine.]]>