On Friday, March 13, 2026, U.S. corporation RTX announced that its subsidiary Raytheon had completed the expansion of the Redstone Raytheon Missile Integration Facility at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, a complex owned by the U.S. Army.
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According to the published information, the new production facility, covering more than 2,415 square meters (26,000 square feet) and essentially an extension of the existing Redstone Raytheon Missile Integration Facility, cost 115 million USD and will increase the plant’s production and delivery capacity by more than 50%, while also expanding the company’s presence in Alabama to over 2,200 employees.
„This expansion marks an important step in our ability to deliver more missiles to our customers faster, and our investment here demonstrates our commitment to making that a reality,” said Barbara Borgonovi, president of Naval Power at Raytheon. „With this significant expansion complete, we are well-positioned to help our customers stay ahead of emerging threats and strengthen the nation’s defense posture.”
Since opening in 2012 near Gate 3 at Redstone Arsenal, the Raytheon facility has become a cornerstone of the company’s missile production and integration capabilities, including nine variants of the Standard Missile (SM) interceptor family and other advanced weapon systems. The latest expansion underscores the company’s continued investment in increasing production capacity and accelerating output to meet both urgent and long-term demand for critical munitions essential to U.S. national security, as well as export orders.
„Raytheon’s continued investment in North Alabama strengthens both our local economy and our nation’s defense. This expansion will ensure our men and women in uniform have the advanced missile capabilities they need, when they need them, while supporting high-quality jobs in our community,” said U.S. Representative Dale Strong (AL-5). „This milestone reflects the critical role the Huntsville region plays in America’s defense industrial base and demonstrates what can be achieved when we work together to keep our nation safe and prepared for the challenges ahead.”
It is worth noting that on March 6, U.S. President Donald Trump met with the CEOs of seven defense companies – RTX, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, L3Harris Missile Solutions, and Honeywell Aerospace – after which he announced an agreement to quadruple the production capacity of these companies for key missile munitions.
„We just concluded a very good meeting with the largest U.S. Defense Manufacturing Companies where we discussed Production and Production Schedules. They have agreed to quadruple Production of the “Exquisite Class” Weaponry in that we want to reach, as rapidly as possible, the highest levels of quantity. Expansion began three months prior to the meeting, and Plants and Production of many of these Weapons are already under way. We have a virtually unlimited supply of Medium and Upper Medium Grade Munitions, which we are using, as an example, in Iran, and recently used in Venezuela. Regardless, however, we have also increased Orders at these levels. The Companies represented were the CEOs of BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace, L3Harris Missile Solutions, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon. The meeting concluded with another meeting scheduled in two months. States all over the Country are bidding for these new Plants. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” – the U.S. President wrote on Truth social media platform.
In Raytheon’s case, this involves five framework agreements with the Department of Defense, with production to be carried out at the company’s facilities in Tucson, Arizona; Huntsville, Alabama; and Andover, Massachusetts. On February 4, Raytheon signed a relevant agreement with the Department of Defense to significantly increase production capacity for RGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles (in both Land Attack and Maritime Strike variants, to over 1,000 annually), as well as AMRAAM surface-to-air/air-to-air missiles (at least 1,900 annually) and Standard Missile interceptors, including the SM-3 IB, SM-3 IIA, and SM-6.
Earlier, in January, Lockheed Martin also announced framework agreements to quadruple production of interceptors for the advanced THAAD missile defense system and to triple production of PAC-3 MSE missiles for the MIM-104 Patriot system.