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SpaceX veterans built a Mach 5 hypersonic missile the US Navy wants to fire from F/A-18s by 2027

The U.S. Navy plans to fire Castelion’s Blackbeard hypersonic missile from an F/A-18 Super Hornet by 2027. Built by former ...
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The Navy will test-fire the Blackbeard hypersonic missile from an F/A-18 this year — built to hit targets at Mach 5 before defenses can react

Somewhere in the coming months, a Navy F/A-18 is expected to carry a missile called Blackbeard into the sky and fire it at ...
Aviation Week

U.S. Navy Contract Sets Fielding Date For Blackbeard Missile

A nearly $50 million contract award from the U.S. Navy will field an early version of the low-cost Blackbeard missile by November 2027, the manufacturer Castelion says. The award by the Naval Air ...
Reuters

Hypersonic weapon startup Castelion wins $105 million Navy contract for F/A-18 integration

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Castelion, a small California defense startup, has won a $105 million U.S. Navy contract to ready ‌its Blackbeard hypersonic missile for use aboard the Navy's ...