EXOS LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
Future planning for Exos…
Exos is in the process of launching their first National Charter Enterprise in the Basilicata Region of Italy. David Mitchell & John Quinn signed the first Charter LOI with Roberto Cifarelli, Regional Director of the Basilicata Region, Southern Italy on November 6th, 2018 to bring an Exos presence to Italy. Mario Mauro (former Italy Minister of Defense and member of the European Parliament) aided in the negotiations and directed Exos in its over 60M Euro development planning.
While working though the process of bringing Suborbital Capabilities to Italy with the Italian government and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Exos realized the many benefits and resources available in the region. In addition to the benefits afforded companies that come to support development in the SEZ (Special Economic Zones), it is also very well positioned with Aerospace University pipelines and a broad base of expertise across the EU. When developing the business plan for Italy, the team says they could not deny the logistically enviable position they found possible if they expanded their plans for Italy to include development of the Exos Mobile Reusable (first stage) LEO Launch Vehicle. Based on this realization, the Italy expansion will include additional facilities to support the added scope of LEO launcher development in Italy. The forward thinking of the government was refreshing, and we’ve proposed a larger effort based on the regions years of aerospace development (in the local universities and supporting aerospace infrastructure). Exos intends to commence construction of their Italy facilities in the second quarter of 2019.
With Exos taking their vision abroad, it will not take long for the entire globe to take notice of the tiny rocket company from Greenville, Texas and for the space industry to realize the monumental shifts that the reusable rocket maker is causing in their realm of space. Exos is excited to discuss establishment of National Charter Enterprises with other NATO nations looking to bring Space development to their nations.
“Our next flight is slated for January 5th, 2019” says Quinn, “We will have a NASA REDDI payload for UCF, a NASA Tech Transfer payload, an FAA payload, several educational payloads, several memorabilia payloads, and… We will still have SPACEavailable… for your payload”