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Castelion Chalks Up Another Flight Test Of Hypersonic Missile Prototype

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, February 24th, 2025

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Castelion Chalks Up Another Flight Test Of Hypersonic Missile Prototype

Launch of Castelion's prototype hypersonic missile. Photo: Castelion

Castelion Corp. last week said it successfully completed another flight test of a prototype hypersonic missile the startup is developing to provide the Defense Department with affordable long-range strike weapons that can be produced at scale. The Feb. 17 flight test at Spaceport America in New Mexico was done in support of a direct-to-phase two Small Business Innovation Research contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Integrated Capabilities Directorate. The SBIR effort is titled Future Operational Capabilities for the US…

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