One reusable, high-cadence kinetic launch architecture across the defense mission: hypersonic testing, suborbital defense flight, long-range reach, targets, flight articles, counter-UAS, and future interceptor applications.
The same reusable, ground-based kinetic launch system extends range and reach at hypersonic speeds, from land, sea, or mobile deployment. Testing and targets are the nearest-term, highest-value missions, with interceptors as a future application.
Real-flight Mach 5+ conditions for materials, sensors, and seekers.
High-cadence access to suborbital trajectories for targets and validation.
Extend range and time to target for defense payloads.
Threat-representative targets for munitions defense test and evaluation.
Kinetic launch for projectiles and mission articles.
Magazine depth and lower-cost engagement of large numbers of threats.
Modern defense faces a growing cost and capacity problem. Adversaries can field increasing numbers of munitions, drones, and hypersonic threats, while traditional test, target, and interceptor systems stay expensive and capacity constrained. Reusable kinetic launch reduces recurring mission cost, increases flight-test cadence, and expands available shot capacity across targets, testing, counter-UAS, and future interceptor applications.
One of our strongest markets today. General Hypersonics supports real-flight Mach 5+ testing of materials, sensors, seekers, electronics, avionics, guidance systems, targets, threat surrogates, and high-G survivability articles, at a cadence traditional ranges cannot match.
The launcher stays on the ground, reloads, and fires again in minutes, supporting the test cadence and shot capacity modern defense demands.
A reusable, ground-based system accelerates payloads to high speed without first-stage rocket propulsion. The same architecture supports hypersonic testing, targets, and future kinetic interceptor applications.
One scalable launch architecture, configured for fixed, sea-based, or mobile deployment. Put launch capability where the mission requires it.
The ground-based launcher stays in place, cools, refuels, and prepares for the next mission in minutes.
A record of competitive awards, government contracts, and demonstrated field performance.
NSIN Navy Crane Low-Cost Hypersonics Challenge, 2024. NASA-related vertical launch demonstration at Spaceport America, 2019.
Selected prime on MDA's $151B SHIELD IDIQ, and a subcontractor on other prime awards. DoD hypersonic testing contracts and demonstrations, 2025 to 2026.
In-tube sabot and Space Dart separation, the heaviest payload launched in a ram accelerator, and a customer materials campaign of three flight tests in one day at Mach 5+.
Directed by defense veterans, including Lt. Gen. Stephen Kwast (USAF, Ret.) and Jack Roosa (former Program Director, Raytheon Missiles and Defense). A space company with a duty to defend.
Reusable kinetic launch for the defense mission. Ready now.
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The nearest-term opportunity is providing the targets and flight-test capability needed to develop and validate the system. The Missile Defense Agency needs threat-representative targets to test sensors, tracking, and command and control. GH is positioned to provide high-cadence targets, test flights, and future kinetic interceptor applications.