# Hop Aero x US Air Force (Rocket Cargo SBIR): partnership

Canonical ID: `82c63158-7871-42b4-9fd6-52574cda68de`

Hop Aero won a $1.25M Department of the Air Force (DoW) SBIR contract for rocket cargo delivery to contested environments. The contract supports development of the Rook hypersonic cargo vehicle for military logistics.

- **Type:** development
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [Hop Aero](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/hop-aero.md) technology provider
- US Air Force _(off-registry)_ customer

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2026-01-01

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hop-aero


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