A SBIR Phase II contract was awarded to Varda Space Industries in May, 2023 for $29,530,582.0 USD from the U.S. Department of Defense and United States Air Force.
Although hypersonic vehicles have been built since the late 1950s, this flight regime remains poorly understood. The inability to properly simulate hypersonic flows leads to significant design uncertainties, high program costs, put crews at risk, and occa