
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. [RKLB] said on Dec. 9 that it launched a suborbital mission last month to test hypersonic technology for the Pentagon's Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB). The incoming Trump administration may accelerate the development and fielding of hypersonic systems. MACH-TB, which is to increase U.S. hypersonic flight testing and technology maturation, "was awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane through the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems Other Transaction Authority vehicle on behalf…