WASHINGTON — Blue Origin and defense tech contractor Anduril Industries have secured new contracts to help the U.S. military explore whether commercial rockets can be used to move supplies around the globe at unprecedented speeds.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) last month awarded Blue Origin $1.3 million and Anduril $1 million under the Rocket Experimentation for Global Agile Logistics program, known as REGAL, according to a statement from program manager Daniel Brown.

Blue Origin will assess how its space vehicles could be adapted for “point-to-point” transport — launching cargo payloads aboard a rocket from one location and deploying them at specific locations. Anduril’s award is for “design and analysis to integrate multiple potential government payloads into a rocket cargo

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