Leslie Sanchez
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VP, Marketing and Communications at @Castelion, Award-winning analyst Past: @CBSNews, @Johnshopkins Fellow, White House Initiative 🇺🇸 Views are my own
The @USNavy has awarded @Castelion a $105M contract to integrate Blackbeard, the Navy's first air-launched hypersonic strike weapon, onto the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. We're grateful for the trust the @DeptofWar has placed in our team and are committed to delivering Blackbeard to the Warfighter on the timeline American deterrence demands. Read more: castelion.com/news/castelion…
EARTHSET. April 6, 2026. Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. Photo: NASA
BREAKING: The F-15E missing crew member has been rescued in Iran and all personnel in the mission are safely returned. reporting w/ @AlexHortonTX and @nakashimae
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At the @TectonicDefense Summit, @Castelion Co-Founder & CFO Andrew Kreitz on the urgency of hypersonic development: "This is a dead sprint to scale. The only way we are going to be able to deter a conflict is by moving fast enough to provide a conventional deterrent in time."
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The @USNavy has awarded @Castelion a contract to advance Blackbeard from prototype to an integrated, early operational capability by 2027. This effort reflects the Navy’s leadership in pursuing new approaches to move capability to the fleet faster while maintaining operational rigor. We’re proud to partner with them on it. Strengthening deterrence requires not just advanced technology, but the ability to field systems affordably, at scale, and on timelines aligned with operational need. We appreciate the trust placed in our team by the @DeptofWar and remain focused on delivering capability that supports the Warfighter and reinforces American deterrence. war.gov/News/Contracts…
