Kratos secures USD 1.45 billion contract for hypersonic test bed initiative
• Defense technology firm Kratos has secured a $1.45 billion contract with the Pentagon to develop a low-cost testbed for hypersonic technologies.
• The contract, known as MACH-TB 2.0, is overseen by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Test Resource Management Center (TRMC).
• The total value of the award, if all options are exercised over the five-year period, is $1.45 billion.
• The initiative, known as MACH-TB 2.0, aims to outpace Russia and China in hypersonic flight test capacity.
• The total value of this award, if all options are exercised over the five-year period, is $1.45 billion.
• The initiative was established to support the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD) Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) by creating an affordable flight test bed to rapidly increase hypersonic flight test capacity.
