Overview
- The Cassowary Vex mission, dubbed “That’s Not A Knife,” will lift off from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia, with final timing to be confirmed within 24 hours of the window opening.
- DART AE will make its first flight as a small, expendable demonstrator powered by Hypersonix’s hydrogen-fueled SPARTAN scramjet to evaluate performance at hypersonic speeds.
- The test aims to validate propulsion, materials, sensors and guidance in flight regimes that ground facilities cannot fully replicate, according to company leaders.
- Rocket Lab states HASTE can tailor flight profiles up to Mach 20, and this will be the company’s fourth hypersonic test mission in under six months.
- Hypersonix recently closed a $46 million Series A to accelerate flight testing and manufacturing, underscoring an Australia–U.S. partnership involving DIU and Rocket Lab.