Rocket Lab wins major US Space Force contract and secures new Alaska launch site
New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab has won a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars from the US Space Force.
Rocket Lab, the New Zealand-founded aerospace company, has won a significant contract with the US Space Force, described as its largest to date. The company will also launch from a new site in Alaska. The contract value is reported as between US$266 million and US$460 million across the outlets.
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Rocket Lab to launch from new Alaska site after winning US$266m Space Force missile defence contract
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Rocket Lab wins $460 million contract with US military
The New Zealand-founded aerospace company said the contract, its biggest to date, had been awarded by the US Space Force.