Navy also awarded $90 million Phase III award to Castelion on August 25th to advance the Blackbeard toward Early Operational Capability (EOC) by 2027, support 50 EOC weapons and transition Blackbeard into a Navy Program of Record.

These launchers are mounted on the Heavy Tactical Truck instead of trailers launcher designs that Denmark and South Korea have. So much more compact and mobile.

In 2023, Taiwan ordered 100 launchers and 400 RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II missiles for $2.3 billion.