Blackbeard, an air-launched, long-range hypersonic strike missile, successfully completed another milestone recently, with a flight test on an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet at Naval Air Station
U.S. Navy awards Castelion a production delivery order valued at up to $200 million to manufacture Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapons for carrier-based aviation.
The US Navy has awarded Castelion an $89.9M contract to advance the Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon toward Early Operational Capability (EOC) by 2028.
The European Commission and MBDA sign agreements for the HYDIS project, launching a 3-year concept phase for the AQUILA hypersonic missile interceptor. MBDA press release
India ’s DRDO successfully demonstrated multi-layered BMD against long range ballistic missiles by testing AD-1 and AD-2 missiles, anti-ship capability at medium range by testing
On June 2, 2026, the French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) announced the framework agreement for the implementation and development contract of the fourth generation
Today, Saronic and Castelion announced plans to join forces to launch a hypersonic vehicle from an unmanned surface vessel. By integrating Castelion’s Blackbeard with Saronic’s
An upcoming comprehensive refit to install a battery of hypersonic missiles on the Zumwalt guided-missile destroyers will also increase the stealth warship’s operational range and
Northrop Grumman has publicly detailed, for the first time, how work is divided between the United States and Japan in the co-development of the Glide
Confirmed by Fiscal Year 2027 U.S. Navy budget documentation, the Multi-mission Affordable Capacity Effector (MACE) is to serve as the most numerous Hypersonic strike option
