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 […]
Hypersonic Technologies
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 […]
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) […]
Kratos receives new hypersonic system program award
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) recently received an approximate $100 million total potential value hypersonic system program award. Approximately $15 million of funding has been received by Kratos […]
Mission success for Rocket Lab’s latest suborbital hypersonic launch
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) successfully launched a suborbital mission in November to test hypersonic technology for the Department of Defense (DoD). This mission provided hypersonic test launch capabilities […]
Anduril has success with a static test of their hypersonic booster
Anduril Rocket Motor Systems has successfully conducted a static test firing of the Anduril Denali™ 18-inch hypersonic booster at the company’s 450-acre production and test facility in McHenry, Mississippi — […]