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

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 contracts under the Air Force’s Rocket Cargo program are relatively small – Blue Origin’s comes in at $1.37 million and Anduril’s at $1 million. But they could be the first steps in revolutionizing how the Pentagon transports cargo. Study contracts like these are also a strong signal as to which players will later compete for larger-dollar funding.

Anduril’s contract is especially intriguing and suggests the defense startup is making forays into an entirely new business line.

The two awards fall under the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Experimentation for Global Agile Logistics (REGAL) program. Bl