Lockheed Martin Australia leads Queensland project to build mobile launcher for hypersonic flight tests

Lockheed Martin Australia is leading a Queensland project to develop a mobile platform for early high-speed and hypersonic flight research, backed by a A$6.38 million state government contract. The project brings together Airways Trade Australia, Rocket Technologies International and the University of Queensland under the state’s Sovereign Industry Development Fund. The partners plan to make the platform transportable between test sites so researchers can use it for development, testing and evaluation without relying on one fixed location. The contract funds research infrastructure to support early flight experiments and associated work by local industry and academia.