brian hargus

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Castellian founder argues SpaceX-style approach can fix broken hypersonic missile production

Traditional aerospace primes are too slow and expensive to produce hypersonic weapons at scale; Castellian applies SpaceX's rapid iteration and vertical integration model to deliver affordable, mass-producible hypersonic missiles for non-nuclear deterrence.

a16z2025-12
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$SPCXSpaceX

SpaceX cited as proof that aerospace cost/speed paradigm can be broken

SpaceX demonstrated that the traditional aerospace model of slow, expensive development can be disrupted through first-principles engineering, rapid iteration, and vertical integration — a playbook now being applied to missile production.

a16z2025-12

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HIGHbrian hargus·a16z·8 months ago
SpaceX cited as proof that aerospace cost/speed paradigm can be broken
SpaceX demonstrated that the traditional aerospace model of slow, expensive development can be disrupted through first-principles engineering, rapid iteration, and vertical integration — a playbook now being applied to missile production.
"Exactly. So, it's like SpaceX was like the the like proof point in my career to say, "Hey, you can actually fix the problem cuz like for for the entire time I've been aerospace de…"
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HIGHbrian hargus·a16z·8 months ago· position
Castellian founder argues SpaceX-style approach can fix broken hypersonic missile production
Traditional aerospace primes are too slow and expensive to produce hypersonic weapons at scale; Castellian applies SpaceX's rapid iteration and vertical integration model to deliver affordable, mass-producible hypersonic missiles for non-nuclear deterrence.
"So the like SpaceX approach of how you accomplish those complex tasks but do it within a meaningful time frame and within a reasonable cost that's affordable, that's something tha…"
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