{"id":17699,"date":"2025-10-29T10:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=17699"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:23:17","slug":"misil-hipersonico-de-bajo-costo-para-el-lanzamiento-desde-diversas-plataformas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=17699","title":{"rendered":"Misil hipers\u00f3nico de bajo costo para el lanzamiento desde diversas plataformas"},"content":{"rendered":"

La US Navy ha firmado un contrato con la \u201cstartup\u201d de defensa Castelion, para la integraci\u00f3n de un misil hipers\u00f3nico de bajo costo, apto para ser lanzado desde plataformas a\u00e9reas y navales. Este proyecto est\u00e1 basado en el misil hipers\u00f3nico \u201cBlackbeard<\/em>\u201d de la citada empresa, que est\u00e1 siendo evaluado tambi\u00e9n por el US ARMY para el empleo desde plataformas terrestres. \u201cBlackbeard<\/em>\u201d es el primer misil hipers\u00f3nico de bajo costo, que adem\u00e1s puede ser fabricado en forma masiva y en poco tiempo. En el marco de estos acuerdos, Castelion trabajar\u00e1 con ambas fuerzas para la integraci\u00f3n modular de \u201cBlackbeard<\/em>\u201d en diversas plataformas operativas, lo que permitir\u00e1 asimismo evaluar los sistemas y la infraestructura industrial, necesaria para disponer de misiles hipers\u00f3nicos de alto consumo y bajo costo, pero con capacidad de reposici\u00f3n de los stocks en plazos cortos.<\/p>\n

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Acontract the U.S. Navy recently awarded to defense startup Castelion may point to its pursuit of a new, lower-cost, air-launched hypersonic strike weapon. The service has something of a gap to fill now after\u00a0halting plans<\/a>\u00a0for an air-launched, air-breathing hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile roughly a year ago, due to cost and industrial base factors. A version of\u00a0Castelion\u2019s Blackbeard hypersonic missile<\/a>\u00a0could also find its way onto Navy ships and submarines, as well as ground-based launchers.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, Castelion\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that it had received contracts from the Navy, as well as the U.S. Army, for \u201cintegration\u201d of Blackbeard onto unspecified \u201coperational platforms.\u201d\u00a0TWZ<\/em>\u00a0has reached out to the Navy for more information. The Army has already made clear it is interested in employing Blackbeard in a ground-launched mode, as you can read more about\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A test article that Castelion has used in previous testing related to Blackbeard in front of a palletized launcher loaded on a truck. Castelion Corporation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cUnder these agreements, Castelion will work with both services to integrate the hypersonic Blackbeard weapon system onto operational platforms and demonstrate its capabilities in live-fire tests \u2013 advancing the Department of War\u2019s effort to evaluate and accelerate new, cost-effective strike capabilities for conventional deterrence,\u201d according to\u00a0a company press release<\/a>. \u201cBlackbeard is Castelion\u2019s first long-range, hypersonic strike weapon, designed for mass production and rapid fielding once integration and testing are complete. The system leverages vertically integrated propulsion and guidance subsystems to achieve performance at a fraction of the cost of legacy weapons \u2013 supporting the Department\u2019s objective of building credible, non-nuclear deterrent capacity at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many questions remain about the expected final design and capabilities of the Blackbeard missile, including whether or not it will feature some form of air-breathing propulsion. The full \u201cweapon system\u201d could also incorporate multiple designs. Castelion has already\u00a0conducted numerous live-fire launches<\/a>\u00a0using different test articles.<\/p>\n

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