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No. 446 XCOR Aerospace

Mojave, CA

Year	2007
Industry	Transportation
Founded	1999
Growth	646.3%
2003 Revenue	$480,694
2006 Revenue	$3.6 million
Employees	34
Website	www.xcor.com

Ranked No. 8 in the Top Companies in Transportation

What it does: Develops reusable rocket-powered vehicles and systems.

Why it's growing: Speed to market. The company strives to design, build, and test rockets on a much shorter schedule than the rest of the industry, where the norm is to conduct only a few rocket tests a year and then analyze the results at length. Among its process innovations, XCOR uses a mobile test launch pad and eschews toxic propellants, which require delicate handling. (To see an XCOR rocket engine, click here.)

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