Transforming the future of hypersonics and space access.
Not another rocket.
A new way to accelerate.
Rockets carry too much complexity into flight.
Longshot is moving more of the fuel and systems onto the ground.
Building a reusable and cheaper accelerator infrastructure for space access and hypersonics.
Defense and aerospace teams need faster, more affordable ways to test high-speed systems. But the infrastructure behind hypersonic testing is still costly, scarce, and too low-cadence for the speed modern development requires.
Access is limited
Specialist test infrastructure is scarce, oversubscribed, and difficult to schedule.
Iteration is too slow
Low-cadence testing limits learning cycles and delays development.
Nationally Important
Hypersonics are a strategic priority across defense, aerospace, and national security.
Real hardware
Three stages.
One acceleration platform.
Ground-Based Acceleration
A reusable acceleration system designed to move more of the launch energy and infrastructure onto the ground.
Reusable ground infrastructure
Compressed-light gas acceleration
Faster hardware iteration
Hypersonic Testing
Affordable, repeatable test capacity for teams developing real-world hypersonic systems.
High-cadence flight testing
Lower-cost test campaigns
Defence and aerospace validation
Space Access
A long-term launch pathway designed to reduce the cost and complexity of reaching Low Earth Orbit.
Meant for non-human cargo of all kinds
Lower-cost than starship orbital access
Future in-space services
Acceleration starts on the ground.
The future is already being built.
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