Castelion Secures U.S. Navy Production Order for Blackbeard Hypersonic Weapon

Castelion has received a U.S. Navy production delivery order for its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon, valued at up to $200 million. The award moves the company beyond development work toward manufacturing and delivering weapons for the service, marking an important step for a relatively new defense supplier. Blackbeard is intended to provide a rapidly producible, long-range strike option, and the order reflects the Navy's effort to expand hypersonic capacity while diversifying the industrial base; precise quantities, delivery schedules, and operational deployment plans were not publicly detailed.