Hypersonics: big contracts flow

- Hypersonics is moving from concept to large-scale procurement with major service awards and industry test contracts. - The U.S. Army awarded $2.7 billion for the Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon while Rocket Lab secured about $190 million for HASTE-based hypersonic testing. - That funnel of funds indicates hypersonic programs are building industrial test and production chains, increasing integration demand (executivegov.com) (intellectia.ai).