{"id":264320,"date":"2026-01-29T21:47:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264320\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T21:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:47:22","slug":"germany-contracts-polaris-to-build-and-flight-test-reusable-hypersonic-air-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264320\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany contracts Polaris to build and flight test reusable hypersonic air vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"invisible\" style=\"display: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bsp_98718-jdw-34572.jpeg\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/placeholder-16-9.jpg\" class=\"invisible w-100\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body text-muted small\">An artist&#8217;s impression of the Polaris Spaceplanes Hypersonic Test and Experimentation Vehicle (HYTEV) research vehicle. The first flight is anticipated before the end of 2027. (Polaris Spaceplanes)<\/p>\n<p>The German government has contracted Polaris Spaceplanes to build and flight test a reusable hypersonic air vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The Bremen-based company announced the contract from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) award on 28 January, saying it covers the manufacture and flight test of the two-stage, horizontal take-off, and fully reusable Hypersonic Test and Experimentation Vehicle (HYTEV) research vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main purpose of the two-stage system is to serve as [a] hypersonic testbed and experimental platform for defence-related as well as scientific\/institutional research. In a secondary function, the vehicle can be used as [a] spaceplane for launching small satellites when using an expendable upper stage,\u201d Polaris Spaceplanes said. The value of the contract was not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Early development of the HYTEV was contracted by the BAAINBw in 2024 and 2025. As noted by the company, the HYTEV is the approximate size and weight of a manned tactical combat aircraft, with the main stage powered by two turbofans and an aerospike rocket engine, while the upper stage is rocket-powered. The first flight is planned by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>For more, please see:<\/p>\n<p>AUKUS to collate, accelerate hypersonic development<\/p>\n<p>                        Go beyond the headlines \u2014 with direct links to interconnected entities<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1\">Get full access to validated equipment, military capabilities, and market insights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An artist&#8217;s impression of the Polaris Spaceplanes Hypersonic Test and Experimentation Vehicle (HYTEV) research vehicle. The first flight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":["post-264320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}