Rocket Lab’s HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) is a modified Electron rocket for suborbital hypersonic testing. It is a liquid-fueled launch vehicle designed to provide cost-effective and high-cadence testing […]
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Rocket Lab launch of JAKE 4 HASTE on super secret government mission on hold
Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch their Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) into low Earth orbit on Sunday, July 13 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 […]
BAE Systems’ $1.2 billion contract for U.S. Space Force missile warning and tracking satellite system
BAE Systems has been awarded a $1.2 billion contract by U.S. Space Systems Command to provide the U.S. Space Force with missile tracking satellite capabilities. BAE Systems will serve as […]
Venus Aerospace completes historic U.S. hypersonic engine flight test
Venus Aerospace, earlier this month, successfully completed the first U.S. flight test of a next-generation rocket engine: a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). This milestone marks a breakthrough in American […]
Leidos team completes reusable hypersonic test launches for MACH-TB program + DoD reusability demo of hypersonic test vehicle
A Leidos-led (NYSE: LDOS) industry team has successfully completed two reusable/recoverable innovative hypersonic solution tests for the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test […]
AFRL awards Ursa Major $28.6 million contract for responsive space, hypersonic + on-orbit propulsion
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards AFB, California, has awarded Ursa Major a $28,565,857 firm-fixed price contract for responsive space, hypersonic, and on-orbit propulsion. This […]
Rocket Lab awarded new HASTE launch contract for the DoD by Kratos
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by Kratos to launch a full-scale, hypersonic test flight for the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic […]
Rocket Lab on-ramped to multi-billion$ U.S. + U.K. defense contracts for hypersonic HASTE
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected to provide hypersonic test launch capability via the company’s HASTE launch vehicle, engineering expertise, and other services through its participation in […]
Kratos breaks ground on a $50 million state-of-the-art hypersonic payload integration facility
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has announced the groundbreaking of the company’s new Hypersonic System Indiana Payload Integration Facility (IPIF) in Crane, Indiana—this state-of-the-art 68,000-square-foot office, laboratory, […]
Kratos successfully launches 2nd Erinyes™ Hypersonic Test Bed in MDA’s HTB-2 mission
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) announced that Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services (DRSS) supported the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) […]