Zachary Krevor, previously president and chief operating officer of Stratolaunch, was promoted to president and CEO of the Seattle, Washington-headquartered hypersonic flight testing provider.  Krevor is a 20-year veteran in the aerospace industry, where he supported the development of alternative aircraft and spacecraft technologies and the capture of defense, research, reconnaissance and space contracts, Stratolaunch […] More

Stratolaunch has opened an office at National Landing in Arlington, Virginia, to support business development and operations and facilitate engagements with government and industry leaders within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. “This location enables us to be responsive to both our government and commercial customers,” Zachary Krevor, president and chief operating officer of Stratolaunch, said […] More

  Stratolaunch has finished the fourth flight test of its carrier aircraft that is intended to support the launch of a testbed vehicle capable of hypersonic travel for research and development missions. The company said Thursday its engineers assessed Roc‘s performance and handling characteristics and validated the functionality of the aircraft’s landing gears during the […] More

Spire Global will provide weather forecasting support to Stratolaunch, a hypersonic flight testing company in need of data across several flight altitudes. The space-based data, analytics and services provider said Thursday it will initially generate 55 discrete vertical levels of weather forecast data to support Stratolaunch’s testing activities off California’s coast. The delivery will also […] More

Stratolaunch will evaluate the viability of hypersonic flight testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory as part of its contract with the research organization. The company said Tuesday it will work with Booz Allen Hamilton to examine how this kind of testing can support a variety of Air Force experiments on a frequent basis. Stratolaunch […] More

Stratolaunch has completed the third flight test of its Roc carrier aircraft that will support the launch of autonomous, rocket-powered hypersonic testbed vehicles, dubbed Talon-A. Roc landed at Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Sunday four hours and 23 minutes after it took off and reached an altitude of more than 23,500 feet, […] More

Stratolaunch has secured a contract to help the Missile Defense Agency assess the feasibility of reusing hypersonic testbeds for missile defense systems. The company said Tuesday it is on track to begin hypersonic flight testing of its Talon-A 1 test vehicle in 2022, which will follow the platform’s power-on testing scheduled to start before 2021 […] More

Stratolaunch has secured a contract to perform hypersonic threat research work for the Missile Defense Agency in an effort to help MDA explore threat engagement and interception approaches. Daniel Millman, chief technology officer of Stratolaunch, said in a statement released Wednesday the company will work to provide MDA a target system that can replicate and […] More

Stratolaunch has expanded its board of directors with the addition of Kamiar Karimi, former Boeing executive, and Daniel Goldin, who previously served at NASA as its administrator. Zachary Krevor, president of Stratolaunch, said in a statement published Monday the new directors will provide the California-based high-speed flight testing company with advice based on their experience […] More

Mark Lewis, former acting deputy undersecretary of the Department of Defense for research and engineering, has joined Stratolaunch‘s technical advisory group. He brings experience in overseeing research and development activities across the DOD, having held positions at the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other department components, Stratolaunch said Monday. Lewis […] More

Stratolaunch performed on Thursday the second flight test of its carrier aircraft that the company plans to use to support launches of its Talon-A hypersonic testbed vehicle. The plane, which has a wingspan of 375 feet, reached an altitude of 14,000 feet during the test flight over the Mojave Desert in California that lasted for 3 hours and 14 minutes.

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Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has signed a multiyear agreement to develop guidance, navigation and control software that Stratolaunch will use on a liquid rocket-powered reusable air vehicle for hypersonic tests.

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