Wednesday, October 21, 2026

American Industry Report

American Industrialization News

Category: Defense

The defense industrial base: contracts, shipyards and munitions.

Department of War awards Alaska Range Resources $43.4 million to produce military-grade antimony trisulfide in Alaska

Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022
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Performance Drone Works opens 90,000-sq-ft Drone Factory 01 in Huntsville, Alabama

Performance Drone Works news release (PR Newswire)
Performance Drone Works opens 90,000-sq-ft Drone Factory 01 in Huntsville, Alabama

Department of Defense awards $10 million to Elk Creek Resources to develop domestic scandium mine-to-master alloy supply chain

U.S. Department of Defense news release (war.gov)
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L3Harris opens 379,000-square-foot solid rocket motor facility in Huntsville with $20 million investment

L3Harris Technologies news release (madeinalabama.com)
L3Harris opens 379,000-square-foot solid rocket motor facility in Huntsville with $20 million investment

Aleut Real Estate breaks ground on $32.7 million aviation hangar at Pryor Field Regional Airport

madeinalabama.com, reporting a groundbreaking announcement by Aleut Real Estate LLC
Aleut Real Estate breaks ground on $32.7 million aviation hangar at Pryor Field Regional Airport

Navy awards $18.4 billion contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat for two Virginia-class submarines, with work at Quonset Point, R.I.

Office of U.S. Senator Jack Reed news release (reed.senate.gov)
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BAE Systems awarded $70 million contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat for Block VI Virginia-class submarine missile tubes

BAE Systems news release (PR Newswire)
BAE Systems awarded $70 million contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat for Block VI Virginia-class submarine missile tubes

Kratos breaks ground on $50 million hypersonic testing facility in Indiana

Indiana Economic Development Corporation news release
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Olin breaks ground on 450,000-square-foot 6.8mm ammunition facility at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant

Olin Corporation news release (PR Newswire)
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Department of Defense awards Anduril $14.3 million to expand solid rocket motor production in McHenry, Mississippi

Department of Defense DPA Purchases Office contract announcement (war.gov)
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Department of Defense awards $253.7 million to Williams International to expand gas turbine engine production capacity

2024 Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act and Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act 2024
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K2 Space signs $60 million Space Force STRATFI contract to launch Mega Class satellite in February 2026

K2 Space news release (PR Newswire)
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Commerce Department finalizes CHIPS awards to BAE Systems ($35.5 million) and Rocket Lab ($23.9 million)

National Institute of Standards and Technology / U.S. Department of Commerce news release (nist.gov)
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DOE awards West Valley Demonstration Project Phase 1B cleanup contract to West Valley Cleanup Alliance, valued at up to $3 billion

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contract announcement (energy.gov)
DOE awards West Valley Demonstration Project Phase 1B cleanup contract to West Valley Cleanup Alliance, valued at up to $3 billion

Department of Defense awards TTM Technologies $30 million to expand printed circuit board production at new Syracuse, N.Y. facility

Department of Defense news release (war.gov)
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace to establish first U.S. production facility in James City County, Virginia, with $71 million investment

Office of the Governor of Virginia (Glenn Youngkin), news release via vedp.org
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BAE Systems awarded over $440 million contract modification to produce more than 200 Bradley A4 Fighting Vehicles for U.S. Army

BAE Systems news release (PR Newswire)
BAE Systems awarded over $440 million contract modification to produce more than 200 Bradley A4 Fighting Vehicles for U.S. Army

Department of Defense awards Honeywell $25.8 million for radiation-hardened microelectronics fabrication in Plymouth, Minnesota

Department of Defense news release (defense.gov)
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