Washington, D.C.,-based Covenant, a defense company, recently introduced a heavy-payload, long-range weapon system designed for production in the thousands.
The system, Anthem, is less expensive compared to legacy systems and was built as an end-to-end deepstrike solution that can be transported, stored, launched and reloaded with minimal strain and cost. The company also built mission planning and command-and-control software to allow for a coordinated, mass launch.
“Emerging from stealth and announcing our production plans marks Covenant’s next phase,” Abby Denburg, Covenant president and chief growth officer, said. “Now the measure of our success is execution: delivering mission-critical capability to our customers on time, at scale, and with the performance they expect.”
The company conducted a maiden flight in August 2025 and has since flown more than 200 flight tests.
Most of Anthem’s parts are commercial-off-the-shelf. Covenant has secured long-term agreements for other components and will draw from supply chains in allied nations. U.S. production will take place at the company’s 105,000-square-foot Dallas facility while international production will take place in Germany and Israel. The Dallas facility opened on Wednesday and will produce 5,000 units annually beginning during the first quarter of 2027.
Covenant has approximately $150 million in orders with more expected before 2027.