Karman Space & Defense has announced it will open a new, state-of-the-art-facility in the greater Salt Lake City, Utah area to expand its advanced UAS launcher systems and SRM nozzle production capacity to meet substantial increases in customer demand.
The Company also announced it has invested more than $15 million over the past 12 months to expand production capacity at its existing manufacturing facilities, in addition to its $5 million investment matched by the U.S. Department of War Defense Production Act Title III $5 million funding to further expand capacity.
“Karman understands the urgency to increase critical U.S. and allied military capabilities to ensure preparedness for peer and near-peer threats. We are investing in more capacity and capabilities to support our customers’ aggressive production plans with proven content and performance,” said Jonathan Beaudoin, chief operating officer. “Our new Utah factory will quadruple our capacity to deliver the most reliable and effective launch systems for leading loitering missile and counter-UAS programs. The site will also double our SRM composite nozzle production capacity on critical programs, while adding redundancy to our manufacturing capability.”
Karman’s new manufacturing hub will leverage the digitally enabled technologies being implemented across Karman, which the company refers to as its Karman Operating System (KOS). This system has imbedded AI capability that provides advanced insights to deliver rapid and targeted decision making for manufacturing workflow optimization. Site plans incorporate vertically integrated capabilities, from metal and composite manufacturing to processing, assembly and testing, in one facility to reduce customer lead times.
Designed as a factory of the future, highly automated and advanced inspection technologies for metallic machining will help streamline quality control and ensure continued compliance with uncompromising customer requirements. Integrating Karman’s core engineering and manufacturing capabilities in one location will help streamline the supply chain, drive rapid expansion of missile and munitions inventories and place production close to key customer facilities. Converting an existing structure, as opposed to a greenfield project, will accelerate production readiness, which is anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2026.
“Karman was founded to deliver speed, agility and scale in support of the space and defence industries at a time of unprecedented acceleration in demand. We combine a multi-decade track record of proven results with full spectrum design, development and vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities to support the success of our customers,”
Beaudoin added.
In October, 2025, Karman’s Systima facility received $5.0 million in Defense Production Act Title III funding from the U.S. Department of War to expand the Company’s capacity to produce solid rocket motor (“SRM”) nozzles. Karman is co-investing an additional $5.0 million in this capacity expansion program.
Source: Karman