European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Dassault Pushes VORTEX Reusable Spaceplane into ESA Pipeline
Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier is lobbying for the company’s VORTEX spaceplane demonstrator to be formally adopted as an ESA programme, aiming to secure dedicated funding and a contract as early as next year to accelerate Europe’s first reusable orbital vehicle.
