Pentagon awards Kratos megadeal worth nearly $1.5B for new hypersonic testbed
The award is for Task Area 1 of the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) 2.0 program.
The award is for Task Area 1 of the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) 2.0 program.
The president-elect is moving to fill out his Pentagon team for his second term.
“This test builds on several flight tests in which the Common Hypersonic Glide Body achieved hypersonic speed at target distances and demonstrates that we can put this capability in the hands of the warfighter,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said in a statement.
Driscoll has been serving as a senior adviser to JD Vance.
“It gets back to the kill web. So, where do hypersonics fit into how we are going to fight?” Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Christopher Grady said in an exclusive interview with DefenseScoop.
Under the Hypersonic Flight Test and Experimentation (HyFliTE) project arrangement, the three AUKUS nations will conduct up to six flight test campaigns by 2028.
DefenseScoop received an exclusive first look at the new testing facility, which the Pentagon hopes will address gaps in hypersonics research, testing and workforce development.
Millennium Space Systems will now deliver 12 satellites for the Resilient Missile Warning and Missile Tracking – MEO program.
The U.S. government has issued the first licenses under the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology Initiative.
Defense leaders from the U.S., U.K., and Australia are gathering in London on Thursday to participate in the trilateral security partnership’s ministerial meetings.