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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Hypersonix Launch Systems completed the maiden flight of its DART AE aircraft, reaching speeds above Mach 5 in tests conducted from Wallops Island, US.
Rocket Lab successfully launched Hypersonix’s DART-AE on the HASTE vehicle on March 4, 2026.
Rocket Lab launched the "That's Not A Knife" mission for the Defense Innovation Unit and Hypersonix using its HASTE vehicle.
Rocket Lab, the Defense Innovation Unit, and Hypersonix collaborated on the HASTE hypersonic test campaign.
Hypersonix was founded in 2019.
Hypersonix employs more than 50 staff in Brisbane across aerospace engineering, advanced manufacturing, and testing roles.
Hypersonix is developing a new class of autonomous hypersonic aircraft built around its proprietary SPARTAN scramjet engine.
The A$46 million Series A funding is accelerating Hypersonix’s flight test program, scaling advanced manufacturing capability in Queensland, and fast-tracking development of its next reusable hypersonic platform, VISR.
Launch details identify the Defense Innovation Unit and Hypersonix as the customers for the Cassowary Vex flight.
Hypersonix completed a A$46 million Series A funding round backed by Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation and Queensland Investment Corporation.
The underlying scramjet technology was developed by Hypersonix co-founder Dr Michael Smart, who is a former Chair of Hypersonic Propulsion at the University of Queensland and a former NASA research scientist.
Hypersonix will deploy DART AE during the flight, a 3.5-meter scramjet-powered hypersonic aircraft intended to validate advanced propulsion, high-temperature materials, onboard sensors, and guidance and control systems in real hypersonic flight conditions.
HASTE carried the "That's Not A Knife" mission for the Defense Innovation Unit and Hypersonix.
Rocket Lab launched Hypersonix’s DART-AE aboard the HASTE vehicle.
The HASTE mission "That's Not A Knife" is a collaboration with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Hypersonix Australia.
The Cassowary Vex ("That's Not A Knife") mission will carry a 3.5-meter DART-AE scramjet demonstrator built by Hypersonix inside a 4.3-meter-long fairing.
Inside a 4.3-meter-long payload fairing on the HASTE vehicle will be Hypersonix Australia’s 3.5-meter DART-AE scramjet demonstrator.
The HASTE mission is a hypersonic test mission for the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit and Hypersonix Australia.
The HASTE test flight is for the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Hypersonix to launch the DART-AE aircraft to hypersonic speeds.
Rocket Lab will launch the hypersonic test mission 'That's Not A Knife' on HASTE for the Defense Innovation Unit and Hypersonix Australia.