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Rocket Lab To Supply HASTE Suborbital Launch Vehicle As Part Of New Hypersonic Test Effort

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 7th, 2025

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Rocket Lab To Supply HASTE Suborbital Launch Vehicle As Part Of New Hypersonic Test Effort

Lift-off of the NROL-162 national security mission for the National Reconnaissance Office on an Electron launch vehicle from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 (NRO Photo)

Rocket Lab [RKLB], one of the subcontractors to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] under a new $1.5 billion contract to continue to provide the Defense Department with affordable hypersonic flight-testing services, will supply its HASTE suborbital launch vehicle for the program, the company said on Tuesday. Rocket Lab already provides HASTE for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) and its partnership with Kratos means the California-based company will continue to do so under the MACH-TB 2.0 Task…

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