Department of War Enhances Lethal Strike Capacity Through Partnership With New Entrants

View Online IMMEDIATE RELEASE Department of War Enhances Lethal Strike Capacity Through Partnership With New Entrants May 13, 2026 The Department of War has reached new framework agreements with a slate of disruptive new entrants and commercial innovators to aggressively expand the United States military's strike capabilities. Agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos, and Zone 5 will launch the Low-Cost Containerized Missles (LCCM) program, while a parallel agreement with Castelion advances an initiative to scale low-cost hypersonic solutions. These agreements will rapidly field effective and affordable kinetic mass for the Joint Force at scale, acting directly on the mandate from President Trump and Secretary Hegseth to strengthen America's military with an unequivocally lethal Arsenal of Freedom. The new frameworks for LCCM will drive a fast-paced experimentation and assessment campaign that will culminate in a Military Utility Assessment by the sponsoring Service Components. Designed to move at the speed of commercial industry, the agreements establish the terms for future firm-fixed-price production contracts. This effort positions the Department to procure over 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles across these portfolios in just three years, starting in 2027. The Department is creating a pathway for rapid and repeatable production of high-volume, lethal strike capabilities. The agreements include firm fixed material-unit costs for production lots in 2027 through 2029. Concurrently, once Castelion achieves testing and validation, the Department will award a two-year multi-year procurement contract for a minimum of 500 Blackbeard missiles annually, with options to extend for up to five years. To further encourage Castelion's self-funded facility expansion, the Department is actively seeking authority and funding to purchase thousands of additional hypersonic missiles. Across these framework agreements, several of these new vendors will reach production scale without direct Department investment, reflecting a new model of commercial partnership that rewards speed, innovation, and private sector capital investment. The experimentation and assessment campaign for LCCM will be led by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, with the Army Program Acquisition Executive Fires serving as the transition partner and acquisition lead for procurement. To kickstart this initiative, the Department will procure test missiles from all four LCCM companies starting in June 2026, laying the groundwork for the assessment phase of the program. These agreements were developed in close coordination with the United States Air Force Program Acquisition Executive Weapons, the Test Resource Management Center and multiple components across the War Department, including the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment. "We will deliver affordable mass for our warfighters at unprecedented speed," said Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael. "In concert with establishing a clear demand signal, these Framework Agreements commit American industry to on-time, on-cost delivery and investment in R&D and facilities. This commercial style of partnership is fully aligned with Secretary Hegseth's Acquisition Transformation Strategy." This approach reflects a deliberate effort to expand the munitions industrial base, working with industry partners capable of delivering lethal capability at the speed required by the Joint Force. It reinforces the Department's staunch commitment to scalable production pathways that can surge when needed. "Today's announcement is the latest sign that our Acquisition Transformation Strategy is delivering on its promise to rebuild the Arsenal of Freedom," said Michael Duffey, Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment. "We are moving beyond the traditional prime contractors to expand our industrial base, accelerating testing timelines, and sending a clear, long-term demand signal to innovative new entrants."

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