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Mojave, CA-based Scaled Composites Promoted Cory Bird as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Scaled Composites, LLC is an aerospace and specialty composites development company located in Mojave, California (about 80 miles north of Los Angeles). Founded in 1982 by Burt Rutan, Scaled has broad experience in air vehicle design, tooling and manufacturing, specialty composite structure design, analysis and fabrication, and developmental flight tests of air and space vehicles. The employees at Scaled come from a diverse background of talents, experience, and interests. This unique combination of individuals helps promote an innovative and creative atmosphere. Scaled offers the opportunity to pursue career and personal interests in a manner that can be found nowhere else by following one simple rule: have fun.
About the Person
Cory Bird is the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Scaled Composites, LLC. He has over 28 years at Scaled Composites, and has held several positions, starting as a composite technician on the Scarab Model 324 high-performance reconnaissance unmanned aircraft in 1985 and most recently as chief engineer for the Stratolaunch program. Over the course of his career, he has held increasing roles directly supporting design, development and execution of over 45 prototype vehicles ranging from space to air to sea, including SpaceShipOne, SpaceShipTwo, White Knight, WhiteKnightTwo, Proteus, Orion, Tier II+, Triumph and many others. He is a private pilot and has designed, built and flight tested his own award-winning N241ST Symmetry aircraft. His commitment to designing solutions that offer the most efficient structural arrangements, manufacturing methods and overhead for specific program requirements has been instrumental to the success of Scaled Composites’ leadership in rapid prototyping and innovation.
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