Stratolaunch Nabs Navy-Backed Contract for 5 Hypersonic Flight Tests

The award pays for Talon-A hypersonic flights and optional payloads for the Navy's Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed (MACH-TB).

Kimberly Johnson

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 02:47 PM ET

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The team prepares Talon-A 1 (TA-1) for its first taxi test with live propellant aboard the vehicle on November 21. [Credit: Stratolaunch/Matt Hartman]

Key Takeaways:

Stratolaunch has been awarded a contract for five hypersonic flight tests for the U.S. Navy's Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed (MACH-TB) program.
The contract, awarded by Leidos and funded by NSWC Crane Division, will use Stratolaunch's reusable Talon-A hypersonic vehicle for these tests.
The objective is to accelerate the development and testing of commercially available hypersonic systems, providing valuable data to the DOD for capability validation.

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Stratolaunch announced it has been awarded a contract for five hypersonic flight tests for the U.S. Navy’s Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed (MACH-TB).

The contract was awarded by MACH-TB prime contractor Leidos and was funded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, Stratolaunch said.