---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001877939-26-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTM"
cik: "0001877939"
company_name: "Castellum, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:32:54.410460+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Castellum retires all debt; final $400K note paid, now debt-free with $14M cash

## Summary
- Paid off $400,000 principal balance on sole remaining note payable to Emil Kaunitz.
- Debt reduced from $11M to $0; cash increased from $2M to $14M over 19 months.
- Three prime contracts won in 2025 totaling $219M, including $103.3M NAVAIR contract.
- CEO plans to complete an accretive acquisition within the next 12 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001877939-26-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTM
- cik: 0001877939
- company_name: Castellum, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877939/000187793926000009/0001877939-26-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877939/000187793926000009/ctm-20260217.htm

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