Rocket Lab Signs Contract to Launch Four Hypersonic Flight Missions for Leidos
13 September 2023 - 7:10AM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
Rocket Lab USA said it signed a contract to launch four new
missions for Leidos.
The four Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron, or
Haste, missions, are scheduled across 2024 and 2025, the company
said Tuesday. They follow Rocket Lab's first Haste mission for
Leidos under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test
Bed, or MACH-TB, program, which took place in June.
The missions will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at
Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within The National
Aeronautics and Space Agency's Wallops Flight Facility as part of
the MACH-TB project. That project was awarded by Naval Surface
Warfare Center Crane on behalf of the U.S. Defense Department's
Test Resource Management Center, Rocket Lab said.
Brian Rogers, senior director - Global Launch Services at Rocket
Lab, said, "our first Haste mission in June this year successfully
demonstrated Haste's ability to accelerate the cadence of
hypersonic flight testing for the nation. We're proud to now follow
it up with a series of four additional missions for Leidos to
support hypersonic technology innovation and technology
maturation."
Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
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