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Rocket Lab Added To Air Force, U.K. Contracts For Hypersonic Test Launch Support

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 14th, 2025

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Rocket Lab Added To Air Force, U.K. Contracts For Hypersonic Test Launch Support

Rocket Lab Haste Launch. Photo: Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab [RKLB] on Monday said its HASTE suborbital testbed vehicle has been added to two multi-billion dollar Air Force and United Kingdom contracts to provide hypersonic test launches and other services. The Air Force award is the potential $46 billion multi-vendor Enterprise-Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC) 10-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. EWAAC has 298 vendors. Under EWAAC, the Air Force can rapidly acquire services and technologies. For the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s potential $1.3 billion Hypersonic Technologies & Capability Development…

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