Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in the defense, national security, and global markets, announced that Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services (DRSS) supported the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in a successful flight of Kratos’ Erinyes Hypersonic Test Bed, in January 2025, from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia. This successful flight of Erinyes expanded the vehicle’s performance envelope. It demonstrated the platform's utility as a low-cost, rapidly configurable test bed for hypersonic experimentation supporting U.S. Department of Defense initiatives.

The exercise, designated Hypersonic Test Bed-2 (HTB-2), demonstrated new onboard technologies and enabled valuable data collection that will be used for design validation and evaluation of current and future technologies.

“Kratos is leading the way in U.S. hypersonic research by affordably and repeatably providing real flight test opportunities to researchers, allowing them to gain valuable experience in relevant conditions and push the Technology Readiness Levels of their products higher. Our low-cost ErinyesTM hypersonic vehicle enables incremental high-speed testing of advanced technologies for next-generation weapon systems and interceptors without adding unnecessary risk to programs of record,” stated Dave Carter, President of Kratos DRSS. “The Kratos team is proud to continue lending our expertise to providing innovative hypersonic products and flight-testing to advance technologies in support of our nation and our warfighters.”

Eric DeMarco, President and CEO of Kratos, said, “The Kratos ErinyesTM low-cost hypersonic vehicle had another successful flight with our long-time MDA and Navy partners. Our successes have proven the thesis that hypersonic capabilities can be affordable and rapidly developed and deployed, advancing U.S. readiness. The MDA and United States Navy truly lean forward with ready-to-fly today systems, technologies, and relevant capabilities, and Kratos sincerely values our relationship and the focus on affordability and moving fast for the benefit of our country’s National Security.”

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