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Rocket Lab won a $190 million U.S. Defense contract for 20 hypersonic test flights using its HASTE rocket.
Rocket Lab has won a $190 million U.S. Defense Department contract for 20 hypersonic test flights using its HASTE rocket, the largest single launch deal in the company’s history.
The four-year agreement, part of the MACH-TB 2.0 program, involves suborbital missions to test hypersonic technologies at speeds over Mach 5, with payloads up to 700 kg.
The launches, conducted with the Naval Surface Warfare Centre Crane Division, aim to accelerate hypersonic testing and advance aerospace capabilities.
Rocket Lab has already completed multiple HASTE missions since 2023.
The contract increases the company’s total order backlog to over $2 billion.
Rocket Lab ganó un contrato de 190 millones de dólares de la Defensa de los Estados Unidos para 20 vuelos de prueba hipersónicos utilizando su cohete HASTE.