Dropping a video update from Rio Rancho, NM. Project Ranger is moving faster than most expected, and we want people to see it. We've been hard at work with our customers within @PAEAviation and @usarmypaefires to integrate Blackbeard, the United States most affordable hypersonic weapon, on F/A-18 and HIMARS. Last week, we signed our HOA with the Department of War for 500 Blackbeards per year, minimum, with a clear path to thousands more. The more than 200 @Castelion, @ARCOMurray, and contractor teams on site have been hard at work building the home of future Blackbeard production in @sandovalcounty. None of it happens without people in government willing to actually act on the threat in front of us. Grateful to @SecWar Hegseth, @DepSecWar Feinberg, @USWREMichael, and @USDASDuffey for setting real demand and giving companies like ours the signal to go build the Arsenal of Freedom. We’re growing fast, and we’re hiring in New Mexico. Come build something that matters. castelion.com/careers/

Happy 250th America

Congratulations to the @cantos team!

I greatly appreciated the discussion last week with @SecWar about rapidly increasing munitions production. The progress in New Mexico on our 1,000-acre site dedicated to producing thousands of highly capable, yet affordable, hypersonic weapons each year is incredible. Construction is months ahead of schedule, and we intend to continue expansion of our manufacturing capabilities. Castelion is moving at maximum speed to deliver hypersonic weapons at scale and at a price the nation can afford. We are honored to have outstanding partners at the state and local levels, as well as contractors who are building this site from the ground up. Congratulations to New Mexico for being featured on @CNBC today as one of the top states for business; well deserved. Pax per virtutem.

PASSED: Today, the House Appropriations Committee passed my FY27 Defense Appropriations bill which fulfills our commitment to keep America safe and ensure the U.S. military remains the strongest fighting force in the world. Read more ⬇️ calvert.house.gov/media/pres…

Sorry to have missed this event; I was in DC bragging about our customers, @NBVCCalifornia and ATEC, and how well we are working together to deliver the first affordable, yet highly capable, hypersonic munition for our military. The theme today was clear: deliver on production promises, and there is a generational opportunity that this administration and the leadership of @DeptofWar have created for new entrants to become a major prime. Demonstrate the capabilities promised, the costs saved, and the department will buy. We intend to do exactly that. Others intend to do exactly that. For our friends on the Hill, @HouseGOP, @HouseDemocrats, @SenateDems, and @SenateGOP: despite what is likely to be a contentious year, please keep in mind that many of the new entrants have bet their company to deliver for the country. The US capital markets have backed bets in defense markets normally unbackable. If the US is going to demand better outcomes for less money while asking private markets to fund the tech, it is critical that funding make it to new entrants as a class. This is a unique moment in time to reverse defense consolidation, demand more, pay less, and let capitalism return real competition to defense. As a group, we are excited to get building; it’s what makes America great.

The Navy's order is validation that Blackbeard is the ideal balance of capability, cost, and manufacturing scale. Proud of the hard work the team has put in to get to this point and recognize the hard work and improvements still to come. Thank you @USNavy for the trust you are placing in us; we don’t take it lightly.

Congratulations to all my friends @SpaceX. Incredibly happy for everyone and you deserve this moment to shine. You’ve inspired new generations that manufacturing hard things is cool and American aerospace isn’t dead. Keep on truckin’ ad astra.

Congrats to everyone at @K2SpaceCo, great choice by @USSpaceForce.

The ability to project force, at scale, across a number of domains is the bedrock of American security. Today, I’m excited to publicly announce our partnership with @Saronic to enable an affordable approach to do exactly that at sea. Demonstration coming in 2027.

Three years ago, we started working a clean sheet design for an affordabe hypersonic weapon. Now we're partnering with @Saronic to launch Blackbeard from an unmanned surface vessel, the first of many such partnerships. Excited to go offshore in 2027.

Driving Precision: Meet Mr. Robert Kimble, our new #PAEA Executive Director. Working alongside VADM Dougherty, Mr. Kimble brings decades of naval #Acquisition, #Engineering and #Sustainment expertise to this critical role. #NavalAviation #OneTeamOneFight #WarfighterFirst

They released this during peak Bricks and Minifigs drama over on YouTube. The marketing team put them in the same timeslot as the internet’s Super Bowl. There are influencers, Legos, theft, Mormons, impersonations, corrupt police, multiple arrests, fugitive immigration, RICO charges, and hours of legal analysis on the constitutional rights violations and stalking charges.

America has the best military in the world. But we can't build weapons fast enough or cheap enough to deter the threats we're facing. That gap is dangerous. Grateful to @mariogabriele and @thegeneralistco for this chat on what @Castelion is doing to solve this.

I'm grateful to the @DeptofWar, @DoWCTO, and @USDASDuffey for the trust they have placed in @Castelion. We are working with maximum urgency to deliver capability our Armed Forces can leverage to keep America safe.

Please do not be fooled by foreign intel agents who are "recruiting" on behalf of Castelion from non-Castelion email addresses. We've had several reports of someone going after senior military and industry officials. While the email domain name matching ours is a start, even that isn't foolproof. If the email appears to come from us you can always view the original message header and look for something similar to "dkim=pass," depending on your mail provider. Our domain signs outgoing mail and I wish email providers made this more apparent similar to the lock icon on a https website. @Castelion

We are honored to deliver this capability for the Navy and the trust you have placed in us. Our success has only been made possible by the incredible partnership with the Warfare Centers, NAVAIR, OPNAV N98 and others, within and outside of the Navy. We wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you!