Department of War Announces Groundbreaking of New Munitions Campus in Indiana

The Department of War (DoW) announces the February 19 groundbreaking on the Munitions Campus in Bloomfield, Indiana. This public-private partnership is designed to expand domestic munitions and energetics production and strengthen the resilience of the U.S. defense industrial base.

The groundbreaking is an important milestone for the Munitions Campus, for which the DoW announced in September 2023 the award of $75 million in Defense Production Act Title III funds to ACMI Federal (ACMI) – with the goal of strengthening the munitions supply chain and accelerating munitions production by stimulating private capital for specialty facilities. Established as a pilot initiative to scale production for defense manufacturers, the project introduces a shared-infrastructure model that helps U.S. companies reduce operating costs. As part of the groundbreaking ceremony, Prometheus Energetics LLC (Prometheus) also broke ground on its new headquarters and solid rocket motor (SRM) manufacturing facilities as the anchor tenant for the Munitions Campus.

The campus will centralize key elements of the munitions supply chain by collocating manufacturers of major components and subcomponents, while providing access to state-of-the-art equipment and manufacturing resources.

By clustering industrial production capacity in one location, the campus will enable faster, more cost-effective, and efficient scaling of munitions and energetics output including Tomahawk, Javelin, and Stinger missiles, along with the Guided Multi-Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and other weapons systems.

Located on a portion of ACMI’s National Security Industrial Hub (NSIH), a 1,100-acre advanced manufacturing development in Bloomfield, Indiana, and in close proximity to both the Crane Army Ammunition Activity and Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, the Munitions Campus will enhance collaboration between the DoW and private industry. The DoW’s investment in the Munitions Campus serves as the catalyst for the broader NSIH, which is projected to generate more than $600 million in private investment, driving long-term regional growth and advancing national security priorities through industrial collaboration. Prometheus’ headquarters and primary production operations will occupy 600 acres of the NSIH site, leveraging the campus’s shared infrastructure and advanced manufacturing ecosystem to accelerate domestic production of critical systems.

“The Munitions Campus Program represents a critical step toward modernizing America’s defense industrial base,” said Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy Michael Cadenazzi. “By investing in shared infrastructure and increased manufacturing capacity, the Department of War is ensuring the United States remains ready, resilient, and capable of meeting future national security challenges.”

Aissa Tovar, Director, Defense Production Act Purchases within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy, added, “Our federal investment is the key that unlocks the $600 million in private capital making all of this possible.”

Major construction efforts are progressing and will continue to increase as the project moves toward phased opening and operations beginning in 2027. The Department will continue working with ACMI, as well as state and local partners, to ensure the project aligns with regional workforce development and infrastructure goals.

About the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy (OASW(IBP))

The OASW(IBP) works with domestic and international partners to forge and sustain a robust, secure, and resilient industrial base enabling the war fighter, now and in the future. OASW(IBP) also uses the Defense Industrial Base Consortium Other Transaction Agreement (DIBC OTA) to solicit new ideas for research or prototype project solutions for critical supply chain resiliency focus areas. This OTA underscores the Department’s ongoing dedication to safeguarding the integrity of our crucial supply chain and promptly giving our warfighters the materials and technologies they need to accomplish their missions. To learn more about the DIBC OTA, please visit: https://www.dibconsortium.org.