Mach Industries

Robotics & Defense

Lockheed Martin answers Mach Industries' 1,000-mile missile with a ramjet and a $300 million production line

The Army's five-way fly-off for a 1,000 km HIMARS missile now pits the largest US weapons maker's ramjet and new factory line against a startup valued at $3.7 billion that has not disclosed a production order.

November 1, 2026three-minute read

Robotics & Defense

The Army invites second builders for Lockheed Martin's $4.9 billion missile contract; replies due October 30

The Army opened bidding on Lockheed Martin's own missile, with responses due October 30, after the Iran war gutted US missile stocks. The bottleneck is not factories but the intellectual property Lozano calls "the keys to the kingdom".

October 20, 2026three-minute read

Robotics & Defense

Mach Industries unveils Pike, its 1,000-mile missile, as the Army pays Lockheed $1.2 billion

Mach Industries' Precision Strike Missile Increment 4 entry is Pike, a manufacturability-first munition set against Lockheed's ramjet. The fly-off starts in fiscal 2027, and until then the Army keeps paying the incumbent.

October 19, 2026three-minute read

Secondary market

Lockheed Martin answers Mach Industries' 1,000-mile missile with a ramjet and a $300 million production line

The Army invites second builders for Lockheed Martin's $4.9 billion missile contract; replies due October 30

Mach Industries unveils Pike, its 1,000-mile missile, as the Army pays Lockheed $1.2 billion

Castelion puts a $450,000 hypersonic missile under a Super Hornet's wing

JPMorgan put $5 billion into defense startups, and one, Castelion, is challenging Lockheed's missile

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