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Pentagon picks Kratos for hypersonic testbed program

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions won a $1.45 billion contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for hypersonic weapons testing capabilities, marking a significant investment in hypersonic testing infrastructure.
The five-year contract supports the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program, which aims to develop weapons that exceed speeds of Mach 5.
Kratos will lead a team of contractors, including Leidos, Rocket Lab, and Stratolaunch, to increase hypersonic flight test frequency and support the testing initiatives.
The award highlights the strategic focus on hypersonic technologies as the United States aims to counter advancements by other nations, with the hypersonic testing market valued at $6 billion to $7 billion annually.

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Pentagon picks Kratos for hypersonic testbed program

Through MACH-TB 2.0, the Pentagon wants to significantly increase the number of hypersonic test flights.

3 months ago·United States

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Pentagon awards Kratos megadeal worth nearly $1.5B for new hypersonic testbed

The Defense Department has tapped Kratos to develop a testbed for hypersonic vehicles under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed 2.0 program, the company announced Monday. The other transaction authority agreement is for Task Area 1 of MACH-TB 2.0, an initiative that broadly aims to expand options for the Pentagon to demonstrate and validate hypersonic weapons and related technologies. If all options are exercised, the deal …

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Kratos wins $1.45 billion Pentagon contract for hypersonic testing

The award marks one of the Pentagon's largest-ever investments in hypersonic testing infrastructure The post Kratos wins $1.45 billion Pentagon contract for hypersonic testing appeared first on SpaceNews.

3 months ago·Mojave, United States

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Kratos wins firm’s largest-ever $1.5 billion award for DoD hypersonic testbed

Kratos will be tasked with “systems engineering, integration, and testing (SEIT), to include integrated subscale, full-scale, and air launch services to address the need to affordably increase hypersonic flight test cadence,” according to the company.

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Kratos receives $1.45 billion MACH-TB 2.0 contract award – SatNews

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has been awarded a five-year, OTA contract for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) 2.0 under Task Area 1. The total value of this award, if all options are exercised over the five-year period, is $1.45 billion. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E)) Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) established MACH-TB to…

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Pentagon picks defense-technology firm Kratos to develop hypersonic flight-testing vehicle

The Pentagon awarded defense-technology firm Kratos a contract worth up to $1.45 billion to help increase its hypersonic flight-testing cadence. The five-year contract is part of the second phase of the Pentagon’s Multi-Service Advanced Capability [...]

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