US Navy Awards Defense Startup $200 Million for Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile
The order covers manufacture, testing and delivery of an initial batch as the Navy seeks a lower-cost standoff weapon for carrier fighters.
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Castelion awarded $200 million for Blackbeard hypersonic missile production
The Navy has awarded defense technology startup Castelion $200 million to produce its low-cost Blackbeard hypersonic missiles to arm carrier-based fighter aircraft, according to a service announcement. The award, issued by the Navy’s rapid capabilities office and aviation portfolio acquisition executive office in the form of a small business innovation research phase III production delivery order, is intended to rapidly deliver a future hyperson…
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, based in Lakehurst in New Jersey, has awarded Castelion Corporation a contract worth 43.6 million dollars under a framework agreement previously concluded concerning the Blackbeard hypersonic missile. This contract provides for production support for the Blackbeard Hypersonic Weapon program within a Phase III delivery order of the Small Business Innovation Research program....
US Navy Orders Castelion's Blackbeard into Production
On September 14, Castelion announced that it was awarded a contract with a value up to $200 million to put their Blackbeard Hypersonic Weapon into production, with the first lot… Continue reading "US Navy Orders Castelion’s Blackbeard into Production"
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