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

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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