(Finance) – Avio USA, company controlled by Aviationhas selected ACMI Properties to conceptualize and design its first solid rocket motor manufacturing facility in the United States. The project will be a potential investment in the US industrial base to support the rapidly increasing demand for solid rocket motors in the aerospace and defense sectors.
“We are excited to partner with ACMI Properties to evaluate this investment in the United States,” said Vice Admiral (ret.) James Syring, CEO of Avio USA. “We are seeing from current customers a significant question for
our capabilities across multiple product linesand this facility will be critical to building our manufacturing capacity to meet the needs of our current and future customers as an independent supplier.”
The project paves the way for Avio’s investment in the US market and is expected to create new high-paid jobs. The plant will host the production of different types of solid rocket motors with applications in defense, exploration
space and commercial aerospace.
“By creating a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for solid rocket motors in the United States, we are strengthening our country’s industrial base and fostering innovation in aerospace and propulsion technologies,” said Simon Shewmaker, Head of Development at ACMI Properties . “We are proud to support this critical infrastructure for our defense capabilities and to participate in an initiative that will have a profound impact on our country’s economic growth and strategic interests.”
Avio USA and ACMI Properties are currently evaluating several locations to select the best site for the solid rocket motor manufacturing plant, which will occupy several hundred acres. Several states are currently under consideration. The evaluation period is expected to end in the first half of 2025.