• The U.S. Navy placed a $200 million production order with Castelion for Blackbeard hypersonic weapons, following June's 50-unit EOC order.
  • Blackbeard is an air-launched hypersonic missile targeting land and sea threats, extending naval aviation's long-range strike reach.
  • Manufacturing splits between Castelion's Rio Rancho, New Mexico campus and Torrance, California facility, using vertical integration.