Wednesday, October 21, 2026

American Industry Report

American Industrialization News

Category: Defense

The defense industrial base: contracts, shipyards and munitions.

Davie Defense breaks ground on $1 billion Gulf Copper shipyard modernization in Texas

Davie Defense news release (PR Newswire)
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BAE Systems invests $135 million in Texas and New Hampshire facility upgrades

BAE Systems news release (PR Newswire)
BAE Systems invests $135 million in Texas and New Hampshire facility upgrades

Collins Aerospace invests $26.5 million to expand radar production in Largo, Florida

Collins Aerospace news release (PR Newswire)
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NNSA completes High Explosives Science and Engineering facility at Pantex Plant

U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration news release
NNSA completes High Explosives Science and Engineering facility at Pantex Plant

L3Harris invests $1.27 billion to expand solid rocket motor production in Orange County, Virginia

Virginia Economic Development Partnership news release
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Department of War triples PAC-3 seeker production capacity with Boeing and Lockheed Martin

Department of War news release (war.gov)
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Department of War and Lockheed Martin announce framework to accelerate PrSM production

Department of War news release (war.gov)
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Department of War and Honeywell Aerospace announce framework to surge munitions production

Department of War news release (war.gov)
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Department of War announces groundbreaking of munitions campus in Bloomfield, Indiana

Department of War news release
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Lockheed Martin signs framework agreement with Department of War to quadruple THAAD interceptor production capacity

Lockheed Martin news release (PR Newswire)
Lockheed Martin signs framework agreement with Department of War to quadruple THAAD interceptor production capacity

Solstice Advanced Materials to invest $220 million in Virginia ballistic fiber expansion

Solstice Advanced Materials news release (PR Newswire)
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Department of Energy awards $900 million contract to General Matter for HALEU enrichment capacity

General Matter news release (PR Newswire)
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Department of War invests $18.5 million in Lattice Materials for germanium and silicon optics production

Defense Production Act Title III; Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022
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War Department announces first round of FY 2026 APFIT projects surpassing $1 billion

War Department news release (war.gov)
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Saronic Technologies investing $300 million to expand Franklin, Louisiana shipyard, adding 1,500 direct jobs

Louisiana Economic Development news release (opportunitylouisiana.gov)
Saronic Technologies investing $300 million to expand Franklin, Louisiana shipyard, adding 1,500 direct jobs

X-Bow Systems completes installation of AMSP solid rocket motor production system at Luling, Texas campus

X-Bow Systems Inc news release (PRNewswire)
X-Bow Systems completes installation of AMSP solid rocket motor production system at Luling, Texas campus

Boeing South Carolina breaks ground on 787 Dreamliner site expansion near Charleston, targeting 10 airplanes per month in 2026

Boeing Company news release (PRNewswire)
Boeing South Carolina breaks ground on 787 Dreamliner site expansion near Charleston, targeting 10 airplanes per month in 2026

U.S. Army awards Skydio $7.9 million contract for Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 X10D drone deliveries

Skydio news release (PR Newswire)
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Allison Transmission awarded $97 million Army contract for Abrams tank propulsion systems

Allison Transmission news release (PR Newswire)
Allison Transmission awarded $97 million Army contract for Abrams tank propulsion systems

NNSA awards BWXT Ordnance Tennessee contract for high purity depleted uranium production in Jonesborough

DOE/NNSA-owned depleted uranium oxides converted at the DOE Portsmouth site
NNSA awards BWXT Ordnance Tennessee contract for high purity depleted uranium production in Jonesborough