Hypersonic Strategy Digest

China's hypersonic glide vehicles can launch air-to-air weapons against support aircraft thousands of miles behind front lines, a capability no other...

Castelion's Blackbeard achieved low costs through rapid revisions aimed at easier manufacturing at scale. The Navy's $50M development contract, $23.4M...

Ursa Major's $2.3 billion SPAC merger underscores how hypersonic propulsion startups are maturing into production-focused suppliers amid DoD supply...

• China fields unique air-to-air HGVs on ballistic missiles that glide and manoeuvre at Mach 5+ to hit targets thousands of miles away
• These weapons...

Turkey's new Tayfun Block-4 ballistic missile, developed by Roketsan, reaches an estimated 1,500 km with speeds over Mach 5.5, placing all of Israel...

China's rocket and missile market is expanding at 7.0% CAGR to reach $13.35 billion by 2029, outpacing global averages and funding next-generation...

• Fleet defense priority: Counters Chinese bombers launching anti-ship cruise missiles beyond 1,000 nm by enabling engagement from standoff...

The Navy's AIM-424 'Malice' missile, a 1,500-pound two-stage weapon with over 250NM range, is designed to secure first-look, first-shot, first-kill...

The Pentagon's memo to industry leaders demands significantly faster delivery schedules and expanded production for critical capabilities within 21...

Germany's defense ministry documents outline a roughly €12 billion plan for long-range weapons to deter Russia, marking a major change from relying on...

Rocket Lab's HASTE vehicle delivers rapid, affordable real-world hypersonic flight testing that ground facilities and repurposed missiles cannot...

The inexpensive Blackbeard hypersonic missile has proven effective in tests at Mach 5, though its latest variant remains in the pre-production phase. This positions it as a potential low-cost option for future scaling.

Castelion's $1B Series C at a $13B valuation signals investor confidence in breaking the hypersonic cost curve through rapid iteration and vertical...

• Core bet: Blackbeard delivers ~80% of PrSM capability at $442k per round versus $1.6M–$5.35M, prioritizing magazine depth over exquisite...

Tiberius Aerospace has advanced its Invictus multi-mission ramjet from lab work to formal engineering and testing, building directly on the earlier...

Former SpaceX founders are challenging traditional defense primes by targeting mass production of affordable hypersonics.

• Funding milestone: $1B...

Russia overfulfilled missile quotas by 10-20% in July, with Iskander output hitting 65 units and Kh-101s reaching 140% of target. Yet Kinzhal...

Castelion's $1 billion Series C round, valuing it at $13 billion, accelerates low-cost Blackbeard production to address U.S. inventory shortfalls...

Japan's FY2027 plan for submarine-launched hypersonic missiles introduces a concealed, repositionable strike option that raises adversary targeting...

US hypersonic defense rests on three interconnected pillars.

• Cost transparency remains elusive for Golden Dome, with Pentagon estimates at $185...