A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up
Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Friday, October 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM · 1 min read

Castelion—a next-generation defense tech company—is building a facility in Rio Rancho Estates that documents show could pose a major fire and chemical hazard to neighboring communities.