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.