The US is simply way behind in hypersonic development. This is becoming a major security risk for the US.
The US lacks agile hypersonic technology development test platforms and has orders magnitude flight rep rate problems for defense and responsive space applications. Legacy hypersonic development programs are ineffective, massively expensive and have an extremely slow flight test rate. Big rockets do not scale for hypersonic defense and programs like the Navy Railgun have barrels that erode quickly and today's "latest" hypersonic test articles need large rocket boosters or large human-rated aircraft and solid rocket boosters to bring them on condition to hypersonic speeds before they can be tested. The US has built a "Glass house" in space and our "Enemies have rocks" according the NRO. The US and its allies need assured, on-demand responsive space launch 24-7 to replace lost functionality of in-space assets. General Hypersonics addresses hypersonic defense and responsive space launch.

Our dual-use hypersonic business model is funded and cash flowing with government & private industry customers under contract with US government (NASA, DOD) as well as industry (e.g.Shell, Exxon, Major Mining Co) We have developed and demonstrated a low-cost automated turn-key hypersonic test and launch facility and win recurring business with this dual-use model. Our team is currently simultaneously funded by a federal defense agency (confidential) to complete Mach 5- Mach 7 demonstration of our latest hypersonic launch system as well as demonstrate commercial industrial use cases for strategic materials extraction with our hypersonic impact. We have increased the frequency of hypersonic test and launch to 90 second cycle times and extremely low cost. We have industrialized repetitive low-cost hypersonics and lowered the cost of operations to gun-like and aircraft like repetitive operations.