27 FOMO · European Spaceflight
POLARIS Spaceplanes Wins Contract for Reusable Hypersonic Vehicle
AI Executive Summary
POLARIS announced a BAAINBw contract to build and flight-test the fully reusable two-stage HYTEV hypersonic research vehicle. Primary role is hypersonic testbed; secondary role is smallsat launch with expendable upper stage. Flight readiness end-2027.