A report by the Congressional Research Service details the development of the U.S. Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), also known as Dark Eagle.
The U.S. Department of War has awarded a contract modification worth approximately $1.356 billion to Lockheed Martin to advance the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missile programme.
Rocket Lab has secured a $190 million contract for 20 hypersonic test launches using its HASTE vehicle under a U.S. Department of War programme.
Rocket Lab Corporation has successfully completed its latest hypersonic test mission using its HASTE rocket for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit.
The U.S. Navy has awarded nearly $50 million to Castelion to advance its Blackbeard hypersonic system from prototype to an integrated early operational capability.
Ursa Major has introduced the HAVOC Missile System, a medium-range hypersonic capability designed to deliver high-speed performance at scale to meet urgent warfighter requirements.
L3Harris Technologies has advanced additive manufacturing processes for airbreathing hypersonic propulsion systems, cutting component production time by a factor of ten.
Kratos announced it has been awarded a contract through the Department of War’s Joint Hypersonics Transition Office to support test and evaluation of thermal protection systems for hypersonic vehicles.
Amentum has been selected to provide missile design engineering and program management expertise to support the United Kingdom’s ambition to develop hypersonic strike capabilities.
Rocket Lab Corporation, a launch services and space systems company, announced that its next mission will be a dedicated HASTE rocket launch for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
Hypersonica has completed its first hypersonic test flight at Andøya Space in Norway, marking a European first for a privately funded defence company.
NASA said it is moving to advance hypersonic flight research by issuing two new awards to study vehicle concepts capable of flying at least five times the speed of sound.
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