# Aerojet Rocketdyne opens advanced manufacturing facility in Huntsville

Aerojet Rocketdyne officially opened its 136,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville, Alabama, to produce solid rocket motor cases and hardware for defense and space programs. The facility began construction in late 2017 and the workforce has grown from 70 to over 400.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-06-06
- Where: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: 7 Jun 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 136,000 square feet
- Products: solid rocket motor cases, hardware for Standard Missile-3, THAAD system
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Aerojet Rocketdyne](https://endata.com/companies/9129.md)

## Sources

- [madeinalabama.com](https://www.madeinalabama.com/2019/06/aerojet-rocketdyne-opens-alabama-advanced-manufacturing-facility-amid-expansion/), 2019-06-07: "Huntsville is a great place to build a future – and that's what we are doing with our expansion here."
- [al.com](https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2019/06/aerojet-rocketdyne-doubles-down-on-its-huntsville-bet-this-week.html), 2019-06-07: "Today, Aerojet Rocketdyne officially opened a big new rocket propulsion Advanced Manufacturing Facility in north Huntsville in a ceremony attended by Gov. Kay Ivey."

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