Castelion is working with the Pentagon to build missiles fast, affordably, and at scale. This model is critical to helping our warfighters protect the United States and deter our adversaries.

We are excited to welcome Alec Johnson to Castelion as our Vice President of Government Affairs. In this role, he leads engagement with Congress, @DeptofWar, and the national security policy community to advance American deterrence. He focuses on aligning Castelion’s hypersonic strike programs with defense policy, congressional funding, and acquisition pathways needed to field affordable hypersonic weapons at scale. He previously served as a Senior Director at Applied Intuition, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Navy, Director for Legislative Affairs at the National Security Council, Senior Defense Policy Advisor in the U.S. Senate, and on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. He also spent eight years as a Navy Reserve Intelligence Officer.

We're proud to share the @USNavy has awarded Castelion a $23.4M fixed-price order for 50 Blackbeard Hypersonic weapons, our first delivery order for the program. The award marks an important step in Blackbeard's transition from development and flight testing toward operationally relevant production. "Blackbeard was designed from the beginning to support our nation's conventional deterrence," said @hargsb, our Co-Founder & CEO. Read more:

3, 2, 1, Castelion!  We hit a major milestone this month: more than doubling our workforce in the past year. We're recruiting excellent talent across all verticals. Join us. #AerospaceSummerGames2026#

The wars in Ukraine and Iran have shown us that the United States needs more missiles produced cost effectively and at scale. The @WSJ discusses here how Castelion is contributing to that urgent need. 

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