# Karman Space & Defense opens new facility in Utah to expand launcher and nozzle production

Karman Space & Defense will open a new facility in the greater Salt Lake City, Utah area to quadruple UAS launcher system production capacity and add solid rocket motor nozzle manufacturing capacity. The company also invested over $15 million in existing facilities in the past 12 months.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2026-03-10
- Where: greater Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Value: $15.0M
- Starts operating: Q4 2026
- Status: announced
- Products: UAS launcher systems, solid rocket motor nozzles, SRM composite nozzles
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Karman Space & Defense](https://endata.com/companies/53087.md)

## Sources

- [marketscreener.com](https://www.marketscreener.com/news/karman-space-defense-expands-production-capacity-in-utah-ce7e5fdfd88af42d), 2026-03-10: "The new Utah factory will quadruple launch system production capacity and provide additional solid rocket motor nozzle manufacturing capacity for missile systems on the Pentagon’s critical munitions list."

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