Stratolaunch announced its extended partnership in the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB) 2.0 program, awarded on September 30, 2025, by the Pentagon's Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) through the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane's S²MARTS (Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA).
This new award extends Stratolaunch's partnership in the MACH-TB initiative to further advance hypersonic flight testing and technology development. Under MACH-TB 2.0 Task 3, Stratolaunch will conduct multiple air-launched flight tests over a two-year period, reinforcing the company's commitment to providing flexible, high-cadence hypersonic test solutions that accelerate innovation in advanced aerospace technologies, building on the demonstrated success of the Talon-A.
Stratolaunch successfully achieved reusability in hypersonic flight test with its fully autonomous Talon-A2 (TA-2). These missions, air-launched from the Roc carrier aircraft, collected critical data on the hypersonic flight environment, advanced materials, and systems. The repeated recovery of TA-2 underscored its reusability and significantly advanced the understanding of hypersonic flight.
The MACH-TB program is a collaborative effort involving multiple government agencies and industry partners, focused on building a hypersonic test infrastructure. Stratolaunch's involvement will support the program's objectives by providing a scalable and repeatable platform for a range of hypersonic experiments.
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