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Cobra 600 UAV completes maiden flight

POLARIS conducted the first flight of its Cobra 600 UAV over the Baltic Sea. The ~600 kg jet-powered platform, developed with Diehl Defence under AirLAS, is designed to carry and launch an IRIS-T missile as a reusable airborne launcher.

POLARIS prepares first flight of NOVA supersonic demonstrator

POLARIS indicated that its 8.5 m NOVA demonstrator was nearing first flight. The vehicle is intended to demonstrate safe, repeatable rocket-powered supersonic flight at high altitude under full airport regulatory conditions and is described as the final demonstrator before operational vehicles.

BAAINBw awards HYTEV reusable hypersonic vehicle contract

BAAINBw awarded POLARIS a contract to manufacture and operate the two-stage, fully reusable HYTEV hypersonic research vehicle of fighter-jet size. Flight readiness is targeted for end-2027; secondary role is smallsat launch with an expendable upper stage.

POLARIS demonstrator fleet reaches 250 flights

The company’s seven scaled spaceplane demonstrators collectively completed 250 test flights. The announcement underscores rapid iteration and risk reduction ahead of larger vehicles such as NOVA and HYTEV.