The American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation (ACMI) announced that machinery manufacturer Spinner North America and aerospace firm iRocket will join its National Security Industrial Hub (NSIH) in Indiana. The industrial group expects the development to increase the hub's total footprint from 1,100 acres to over 1,500 acres.
The industrial hub, located adjacent to Crane Army Ammunition Activity and Naval Surface Warfare Center – Crane Division, broke ground earlier this year. The campus serves as a manufacturing node where multiple advanced technology, aerospace and logistics companies will work to transition new hardware from advanced R&D to scaled production.
Spinner North America, a provider of CNC machine tools and automation solutions, will establish an advanced manufacturing facility designed to support the rapid prototyping and mass production of a broad spectrum of hardware. The site will feature advanced machining technology, application engineering, process development, automation expertise, training and production support to tenants and mission partners across the campus.
“ACMI’s National Security Industrial Hub is a premier center for modern defense manufacturing and innovation, making it the ideal location to establish a center for advanced manufacturing expertise,” Spinner North America CEO Salim Awad said. “We look forward to leveraging our decades of engineering experience to help manufacturers solve complex machining challenges, accelerate the transition from rapid prototyping to mass production and strengthen domestic production capacity.”
iRocket, a company building manufacturing capabilities for their solid rocket motors (SRM) and 100% reusable rockets, will establish multiple facilities at NSIH.
In addition to these new tenants, Prometheus Energetics plans to increase its dedicated site within the hub from 600 acres to approximately 700 acres, on which ACMI will construct the company's headquarters and advanced SRM production facilities.
“The United States has no shortage of innovation,” ACMI Properties CEO David Dowell said. “What it lacks is production capacity at scale and that’s what we are delivering on with this expansion. At ACMI, we are setting the physical foundation necessary to close the critical production gap for munitions, supply chains and components essential for national security.”
