Stratolaunch Awarded $24.7M Agreement by Missile Defense Agency for Hypersonic Flight Test Campaign

Published on January 15, 2025

The project will leverage modifications to Stratolaunch's Spirit of Mojave 747 launch platform to expand Talon-A flight capabilities beyond the U.S. western coast to a variety of global locations. The test campaign portion of the project, targeted to occur in the fourth quarter of 2025, will demonstrate critical capabilities for testing advanced missile defense systems against the growing global threat posed by hypersonic weapons.

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