That is, they look to pack the same sort of features and
flight capabilities into a much more affordable package than some of the other players on our list today.
Not exact matches
Although it's not clear whether this ability has already been translated
into an operational
capability, in 2015, a USAF EC - 130H Compass Call aircraft has also been involved in demos where it attacked networks from the air: a kind of in -
flight hacking
capability that could be particularly useful to conduct cyberwarfare missions where the Electronic Attack aircraft injects malware by air - gapping closed networks.
The rocket's test
flight will only explore part of its
capabilities, but it should be enough to launch the crew capsule
into sub-orbital
flight, just over 100 kilometres above Earth.