# AeroVironment establishes FreedomWerx manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City

AeroVironment announced the establishment of FreedomWerx, a 200,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, to expand production of loitering munitions systems. The company anticipates creating more than 500 high-paying jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-02-13
- Where: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Jobs: 500
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200,000-square-foot facility
- Products: loitering munitions systems, autonomous precision-strike systems
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [AeroVironment](https://endata.com/companies/27059.md)

## Sources

- [business.times-online.com](https://business.times-online.com/times-online/article/bizwire-2025-2-13-av-expands-us-manufacturing-in-salt-lake-city-utah-with-freedomwerx-a-state-of-the-art-facility-driving-innovation-and-growth), 2025-02-13: "AeroVironment today announced the establishment of FreedomWerx, a state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah."
- [defenseandmunitions.com](https://www.defenseandmunitions.com/news/av-expands-us-manufacturing-in-salt-lake-city-utah-freedom-werx-facility/), 2025-02-27: "This facility represents a critical step in our mission to expand manufacturing capacity, ensuring our forces have the technological superiority needed to deter and, if necessary, dec"

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