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.
The HASTE mission is named "That's Not A Knife" and is for the Defense Innovation Unit and the Australian company Hypersonix.
Hypersonix Launch Systems is preparing for its first hypersonic flight.
Dr. Michael Smart is co-founder of Hypersonix, former Chair of Hypersonic Propulsion at the University of Queensland, and a former NASA research scientist.
DART AE was developed by Hypersonix, an Australian aerospace engineering firm.
The DIU-dedicated mission will employ a HASTE rocket to deploy DART AE, a scramjet-powered aircraft developed by Australian aerospace engineering firm Hypersonix.
This mission will be Hypersonix’s fourth hypersonic test flight in under six months.
The HASTE mission "That's Not A Knife" will carry Hypersonix’s DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator inside the fairing.
Hypersonix’s DART-AE is a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator.
The HASTE mission is for the Defense Innovation Unit to deploy a scramjet-powered aircraft by Hypersonix.
Hypersonix’s hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing.
DART-AE is a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator developed by Hypersonix.
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.
Hypersonix was selected as the first contract for the HyCAT program from over 60 companies.
Hypersonix's SPARTAN scramjet engine reaches Mach 12 and has no moving parts, invented by co-founder Dr Michael Smart.
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.
Hypersonix was founded in 2019 to develop flight systems powered by green hydrogen.
Work on a joint mission between Hypersonix and Southern Launch will start immediately with an aim to launch in late 2025.
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.
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.