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Hypersonix Launch Systems

AU

Hypersonix Launch Systems is an Australian aerospace engineering company specializing in hypersonic technology and scramjet engines. They focus on developing reusable, hydrogen-powered launch vehicles for sustainable and affordable access to space, particularly for small satellite launches. Hypersonix is currently working on a design study with Boeing and has a framework agreement with BOC/Linde Group for green hydrogen supply.

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The Defense Innovation Unit and Hypersonix Australia are the intended partners or customers for the HASTE hypersonic test mission.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Feb 24, 2026RT @RocketLab: We are GO to launch our hypersonic test mission on HASTE for the @DIU_x and @HypersonixAU. "That's Not A Knife" is schedule…

The HASTE mission is named "That's Not A Knife" and is for the Defense Innovation Unit and the Australian company Hypersonix.

GeneralRelationshipsValue 3.5Feb 24, 2026Rocket Lab prosegue i preparativi del lancio HASTE a Wallops

Hypersonix Launch Systems is preparing for its first hypersonic flight.

PlanValue 2.0Feb 24, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: 🚨 Hypersonix enters final countdown ahead of first hypersonic flight! This event marks the moment where years of ground-based development and trials become real-world validation. The DART AE will take flight for the first time, tasked with collecting data that will feed…

Dr. Michael Smart is co-founder of Hypersonix, former Chair of Hypersonic Propulsion at the University of Queensland, and a former NASA research scientist.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.8Feb 19, 2026Hypersonic Test Mission for Defense Innovation Unit to Launch from Virginia

DART AE was developed by Hypersonix, an Australian aerospace engineering firm.

GeneralValue 2.0Feb 19, 2026Hypersonic Test Mission for Defense Innovation Unit to Launch from Virginia

The DIU-dedicated mission will employ a HASTE rocket to deploy DART AE, a scramjet-powered aircraft developed by Australian aerospace engineering firm Hypersonix.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Feb 19, 2026Hypersonic Test Mission for Defense Innovation Unit to Launch from Virginia

This mission will be Hypersonix’s fourth hypersonic test flight in under six months.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.0Feb 19, 2026Hypersonic Test Mission for Defense Innovation Unit to Launch from Virginia

The HASTE mission "That's Not A Knife" will carry Hypersonix’s DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator inside the fairing.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Feb 12, 2026Rocket Lab announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET Feb. 23 at 20:00 UTC

Hypersonix’s DART-AE is a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Feb 12, 2026Rocket Lab announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET Feb. 23 at 20:00 UTC

The HASTE mission is for the Defense Innovation Unit to deploy a scramjet-powered aircraft by Hypersonix.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 12, 2026Rocket Lab announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET Feb. 23 at 20:00 UTC

Hypersonix’s hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.7Feb 2, 2026Last week, Hypersonix announced that their hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing! The vehicle will soon be shipped from Australia to the US, where it'll be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter.

DART-AE is a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator developed by Hypersonix.

CapabilityValue 4.0Feb 2, 2026Last week, Hypersonix announced that their hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing! The vehicle will soon be shipped from Australia to the US, where it'll be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter.

CEO Matt Hill stated that funding supports both national and allied defence priorities and enables Hypersonix to launch the world's first hydrogen-powered hypersonic aircraft.

PlanFinancialCapabilityValue 3.8Oct 29, 2025Australian company Hypersonix secures major defence and aerospace investment for green hydrogen hypersonic flight

Hypersonix was selected as the first contract for the HyCAT program from over 60 companies.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Oct 29, 2025Australian company Hypersonix secures major defence and aerospace investment for green hydrogen hypersonic flight

Hypersonix's SPARTAN scramjet engine reaches Mach 12 and has no moving parts, invented by co-founder Dr Michael Smart.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 29, 2025Australian company Hypersonix secures major defence and aerospace investment for green hydrogen hypersonic flight

Hypersonix will advance the development of VISR, an 8-metre-long reusable hydrogen-fuelled aircraft equipped with four SPARTAN engines and ceramic matrix composites for sustained hypersonic flight.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.5Oct 29, 2025Australian company Hypersonix secures major defence and aerospace investment for green hydrogen hypersonic flight

Hypersonix was founded in 2019 to develop flight systems powered by green hydrogen.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0Oct 29, 2025Australian company Hypersonix secures major defence and aerospace investment for green hydrogen hypersonic flight

Work on a joint mission between Hypersonix and Southern Launch will start immediately with an aim to launch in late 2025.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 12, 2024Australia set to become hypersonic flight testing home

Hypersonix’s test bed aircraft will be launched on a rocket, separate from the rocket, and ignite their own scramjet engines to reach speeds up to Mach 12.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.5Sep 12, 2024Australia set to become hypersonic flight testing home

Under the memorandum of understanding, Hypersonix and Southern Launch will develop a mission to launch and return Hypersonix test bed vehicles at either Southern Launch’s Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex or Koonibba Test Range.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.5Sep 12, 2024Australia set to become hypersonic flight testing home
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