The U.S. Navy placed a production delivery order valued at up to $200 million for Castelion to manufacture, assemble, test, and deliver an initial lot of Blackbeard hypersonic weapons. Work will be performed at Castelion's Project Ranger campus in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and its Torrance, California, facility.
Leading Edge Manufacturing is adding a full night shift at its Youngsville and Broussard facilities, expanding sheet-metal capacity while creating 20 direct jobs and retaining 62 positions.
Lockheed Martin presented Germany's first F-35A at its Fort Worth, Texas production facility. The aircraft is the first of Germany's 35-aircraft program of record, with the first eight slated for training use in Arkansas before aircraft begin arriving in Germany in late 2027.
Attalon shipped the first Valaris high-energy laser subsystem produced for an international end-use requirement from its Bloomfield, Connecticut manufacturing facility to a U.S. customer supporting an allied defense program.
Andelyn Biosciences said its Columbus, Ohio facility is manufacturing Fayuvi for commercial supply, the first FDA-approved gene therapy produced with Andelyn's AAV Curator platform process.