Business
Rocket Lab Prepares To Launch Latest Hypersonic Test Mission for Defense Innovation Unit
"That's Not A Knife" mission payload The "That's Not A Knife" mission payload: DART AE, a scramjet-powered aircraft developed by Australian aerospace engineering firm Hypersonix. LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced its next launch is a dedicated mission on its HASTE rocket for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The miss
About this update from Rocket Lab Corporation
[{"type":"image","alt":"Rocket Lab Corporation","displaySize":"","headline":null,"caption":"Rocket Lab Corporation","className":"","disableSlideshowImg":false,"size":{"original":{"width":300,"height":111,"url":"https://media.zenfs.com/en/globenewswire.com/251cb62546969bc998c9a3ef15c88e9f"},"resized":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/P_rU9YXVfSs0wfwfvExYOQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTQyMDtoPTE1NTtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/globenewswire.com/251cb62546969bc998c9a3ef15c88e9f","width":300,"height":111}},"lazy":false},{"type":"text","content":""That's Not A Knife" mission payload","length":50,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"image","alt":"The "That's Not A Knife" mission payload: DART AE, a scramjet-powered aircraft developed by Australian aerospace engineering firm Hypersonix.","displaySize":"","headline":null,"caption":"The \"That's Not A Knife\" mission payload: DART AE, a scramjet-powered aircraft developed by Australian aerospace engineering firm Hypersonix.","credit":"GlobeNewswire Inc.","className":"","disableSlideshowImg":false,"size":{"original":{"width":8192,"height":5464,"url":"https://media.zenfs.com/en/globenewswire.com/698d4c39071674fd609af3e5ab41db7d"},"resized":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ygDKfNSCVL.RTuKMtWuhag--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/globenewswire.com/698d4c39071674fd609af3e5ab41db7d","width":960,"height":640},"lightbox":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/MJ2XTwbxQUJFOpaXn4hh3g--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAwO2NmPXdlYnA-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/globenewswire.com/698d4c39071674fd609af3e5ab41db7d","width":1200,"height":800}}},{"type":"text","content":"LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced its next launch is a dedicated mission on its HASTE rocket for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).","length":312,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The mission, named Cassowary Vex, is scheduled to launch no earlier than late February from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 within the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.","length":222,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The HASTE launch, dubbed ‘That’s Not ...