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News archive: Hypersonix / Kratos DART AE

Every Bulletin story and press release covering Hypersonix / Kratos DART AE, newest first.

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28 October 2025

ReleaseNRFC makes first defence sector investment of $10 million to help aerospace startup Hypersonix Launch Systems develop its next generation scramjet engines

12 July 2024

ReleaseUK MoD HTCDF contract announcement July 2024

17 August 2023

Kratos selection establishes Hypersonix in the US

The Kratos/Hypersonix team is focused on providing a first-to-market capability, to test and demonstrate important hypersonic capabilities for U.S. Industry, the DoD and National Security.

17 April 2023

ReleaseHypersonix to partner with launch provider Rocket Lab for initial hypersonic test vehicle launch

22 March 2023

The first DART AE test flight is scheduled for 2024.

US chooses Hypersonix for scramjet test vehicle

DART AE makes significant use of 3D-printing and is powered by a hydrogen-fuelled SPARTAN scramjet engine, capable of flying non-ballistic flight patterns at speeds of Mach 5 to Mach 7 and up to 1,000 kms in range.

25 January 2022