Ursa Major unveils HAVOC medium-range hypersonic missile system designed for affordable, scalable production

The HAVOC missile system is powered by Ursa Major’s Draper engine, a safe, storable tactical liquid rocket engine designed to cost a fraction of airbreathing alternatives. The company said it achieves affordability through advanced additive manufacturing, innovative design and modern production processes.

“Keeping pace with our adversaries requires more than exquisite systems, it requires speed to delivery, affordability, and the ability to build at scale,” said Chris Spagnoletti, CEO of Ursa Major. “The Ursa Major HAVOC Missile System delivers a highly capable hypersonic weapon designed from the start to be produced rapidly and in quantity, giving the warfighter a credible and adaptable capability.”

HAVOC can throttle and restart throughout all phases of flight, providing capabilities beyond hypersonic boost glide and cruise missile systems. The company said this feature eliminates the need for expensive thermal protection systems while helping ensure affordability and a robust supply chain.

The system is designed for multi-domain operations and can function endo- or exo-atmospherically. Its modular approach allows integration with various solid rocket motor boosters, enabling launch from fighters, bombers, vertical launch systems or ground-based launchers with extended range options.

Ursa Major said it brings more than a decade of hypersonic development, production and flight heritage to the HAVOC program. The company’s Hadley liquid rocket engines have flown hypersonic multiple times, validating propulsion performance under real flight conditions and supporting U.S. hypersonic capabilities.

The company has also demonstrated the ability to design and build complete vehicles and all-up rounds through the Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator program with the Air Force Research Laboratory. That program is on track to conduct a flight in the near future.

Ursa Major said HAVOC is intended to address current threat environments and evolving joint force requirements. The system aligns with U.S. Department of War hypersonic priorities, including rapid design, build, test and learn approaches, reducing system costs, increasing industrial capacity and developing next-generation capabilities.