Rocket Lab has secured a $190 million contract with the US Department of Defense. It is the company’s largest launch deal to date, covering 20 test flights over four years.
The vehicle at the centre of the deal is HASTE — Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron — a suborbital variant of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket. Under the agreement, HASTE becomes the primary test vehicle for the TRMC MACH-TB 2.0 programme, a joint DoD effort to accelerate hypersonic flight testing. The first launches are expected within months of signing.
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