@johnblakely874: The U.S. Navy has revealed new flight test footage of the Castelion Blackbeard hypersonic strike missile on the F/A-18 Super Hornet! 🦅🚨 Newly released flight test footage demonstrates Castelion’s Blackbeard hypersonic missile carried in dual underwing configurations on an F/A-18 Super Hornet. Designed to exceed Mach 5, the Blackbeard program prioritizes high-rate commercial manufacturing techniques to drastically reduce unit production costs compared to traditional hypersonic airframes. The U.S. Navy has placed orders for over 400 all-up rounds to establish affordable mass across carrier strike groups. Integrating low-cost hypersonic standoff weapons onto fourth-generation fighters allows Super Hornet wings to engage heavily defended targets from outside anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) threat rings during high-intensity maritime operations. #SuperHornet #USNavy #MilitaryTech #AviationNews #BreakingNews
