Rocket Cargo is a United States Space Force program run through the Air Force Research Laboratory for suborbital spaceflight rocket-delivered cargo involving point-to-point space travel.
[5] In 2020, U.S. Transportation Command consulted with SpaceX on the delivery of 100 tons of cargo via rocket anywhere in the world in under 1 hour with Starship.
[6] In 2022, the Department of the Air Force awarded a $102 million, 5-year contract to SpaceX to demonstrate technologies and capabilities to transport military cargo and humanitarian aid around the world.
At the time of announcement, it was one of four such programs for the United States Department of the Air Force.
It would use a propulsively-landing reusable rocket that would transport cargo from source to destination, landing in all kinds of environments.