Aerojet Rocketdyne to Grow Huntsville Operation with New Facility
Aerojet Rocketdyne plans to expand its Huntsville presence with additional job opportunities and a new facility to increase manufacturing and office space. The 379,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility near Huntsville International Airport is expected to be operational in 2023. This growth will allow Aerojet Rocketdyne to increase manufacturing capacity for the nation’s defense production needs.
“Huntsville has been home to Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Defense Headquarters since its founding."
Eileen P. Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president.
“Huntsville has been home to Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Defense Headquarters since its founding, and with this expansion of both talent and space, we’re pleased to grow our presence in the Rocket City,” said Eileen P. Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president.
The Huntsville expansion, which includes transitioning some inert work currently being performed at the company’s Camden, Arkansas, location, further solidifies Huntsville as Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Inert Manufacturing Center of Excellence and better positions the Camden site to support continued growth of vital energetics capabilities for defense programs across multiple domains.
Aerojet Rocketdyne Huntsville Operation has Shown Consistent Growth
In the six years since the company established Huntsville as its Defense Headquarters, Aerojet Rocketdyne has grown its employee footprint in the area by more than 700%. Currently, more than 800 team members power the nation’s defense in Huntsville.
The company chose Huntsville for its Defense Business Unit headquarters in 2016 due to the engineering expertise in the area, close proximity to its government and prime customers as well as collaborative support from local and state leaders.
Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion systems have flown on manned and unmanned missions for NASA since the inception of the U.S. Space Program, and Aerojet Rocketdyne has been a major supplier of propulsion products to the DoD since its founding. Principal customers include the DoD, NASA, United Launch Alliance, The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation and Raytheon Company. Its defense system products include liquid, solid and air-breathing propulsion systems and components. In addition, Aerojet Rocketdyne is a supplier of both composite and metallic aerospace structural components, fire suppression systems and armament systems to the DoD and its prime customers.
(Source: Aerojet Rocketdyne news release. Image from file)