US and UK militaries pick Rocket Lab's HASTE launcher to help test hypersonic tech

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April 16, 2025, 10:00 PM

• •Rocket Lab has been selected by the US and UK militaries to develop hypersonic technology.
• •The company's HASTE suborbital rocket will be used as a testbed for hypersonic technology.
• •The U.S. program is a $46 billion effort run by the Air Force called the Enterprise-Wide Agile Acquisition Contract. The U.K. Ministry of Defense project, called the Hypersonic Technologies & Capability Development Framework, has a budget of 1 billion pounds (about $1.3 billion US).

Rocket Lab has been selected by the United States and United Kingdom militaries to develop hypersonic technology. The company's HASTE suborbital rocket will be used as a testbed for the programs.

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