Kratos to Develop Hypersonic Testing Capabilities for Pentagon Written 7 January 2025
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A Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle launches at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, AZ. | Credit: Staff Sgt. Joshua Kingn; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Space News reports, “Defense contractor Kratos Defense & Security Solutions won a $1.45 billion contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop testing capabilities for hypersonic weapons, marking one of the Pentagon’s largest-ever investments in hypersonic testing infrastructure. The five-year contract, announced Jan. 6, will support the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) program, which aims to accelerate the development of weapons that travel at speeds exceeding Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound.”
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