Four years of existence and already a billionaire! The United States firmly believes in this precursor of hypersonic missiles: Castelion

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    "title": "Four years of existence and already a billionaire! The United States firmly believes in this precursor of hypersonic missiles: Castelion - Military Forum",
    "excerpt": "Published on 08/21/2026 • Guillaume Aigron 08/21/2026 Guillaume Aigron News, International News, Weapons / Hunting, Industry A four-year-old startup, founded by SpaceX alumni, has just raised over one billion dollars to mass-produce hypersonic missiles. On August 19, 2026, the Californian company Castelion announced a Series C fundraising round exceeding one billion dollars (approximately 850 million euros), valuing it at 13 billion dollars (approximately 11 billion euros). This valuation marks the meeting between Silicon Valley's startup culture and the very closed world of American strategic weaponry and could allow the world's leading power to catch up in hypersonic weapons. Read also: Castelion was created in 2022 by former executives of SpaceX, Elon Musk's space firm. They brought back a conviction: the methods that allowed the cost of access to space to fall can be applied to hypersonic missiles. Where traditional prime contractors produce a few overpriced devices, almost by hand, Castelion wants to manufacture many, quickly and cheaply, on industrial production lines. For CEO and co-founder Bryon Hargis, deterrence relies on weapon systems that adversaries fear, produced in quantities they cannot imagine, at a price the taxpayer can afford. The company pushes vertical integration to the point of mixing its own propellant in its New Mexico factory. An approach that...",
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