Castelion a defense manufacturer based in El Segundo, California, has raised $100 million in equity and debt financing to ramp up prototype testing and scale production of its hypersonic strike weapon. The funding includes $70 million from a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company has conducted three internal flight tests within a month and is working with the U.S. Navy, Army, and Air Force to develop a long-range hypersonic weapon designed for affordability and large-scale deployment. Castelion argues that mass-produced, low-cost hypersonic weapons will help the U.S. and its allies restore deterrence against China’s expanding military power by imposing a cost-exchange disadvantage on Beijing. What are your thoughts on this new funding? 💭
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As several of the U.S. military services continue to develop and test hypersonic missiles, the Defense Department at large is concurrently working to understand how the weapons will fit into joint warfighting operations once they are fielded. Over the next couple of years, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), the Pentagon’s organization dedicated to developing overarching joint operational and integrating concepts, plans to move into the next phases of hypersonic weapons development known as “hypersonics 2.0 and 3.0,” Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and JROC Chair Adm. Christopher Grady told DefenseScoop. https://lnkd.in/eEzS3q8x
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As several of the U.S. military services continue to develop and test hypersonic missiles, the Defense Department at large is concurrently working to understand how the weapons will fit into joint warfighting operations once they are fielded. Over the next couple of years, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), the Pentagon’s organization dedicated to developing overarching joint operational and integrating concepts, plans to move into the next phases of hypersonic weapons development known as “hypersonics 2.0 and 3.0,” Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and JROC Chair Adm. Christopher Grady told DefenseScoop. https://lnkd.in/exKftsVf
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As several of the U.S. military services continue to develop and test hypersonic missiles, the Defense Department at large is concurrently working to understand how the weapons will fit into joint warfighting operations once they are fielded. Over the next couple of years, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), the Pentagon’s organization dedicated to developing overarching joint operational and integrating concepts, plans to move into the next phases of hypersonic weapons development known as “hypersonics 2.0 and 3.0,” Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and JROC Chair Adm. Christopher Grady told DefenseScoop. https://lnkd.in/eZQCfFWc
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As several of the U.S. military services continue to develop and test hypersonic missiles, the Defense Department at large is concurrently working to understand how the weapons will fit into joint warfighting operations once they are fielded. Over the next couple of years, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), the Pentagon’s organization dedicated to developing overarching joint operational and integrating concepts, plans to move into the next phases of hypersonic weapons development known as “hypersonics 2.0 and 3.0,” Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and JROC Chair Adm. Christopher Grady told DefenseScoop. https://lnkd.in/eysZBNWw
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