Covenant's Anthem missile. Photo: Covenant.

Defense startup Covenant is opening a facility in Dallas on Wednesday to start building thousands of its new Anthem low-cost, long-range missiles, with deliveries to begin later this year to international partners and then to U.S. customers in early 2027. The move-out on manufacturing will begin to fulfill $150 million in Anthem orders the company has received to date, along with recently raising $250 million across three funding rounds.  “Today's conflicts are consuming long-range precision strike missiles faster than the…