The American Center for Manufacturing & Innovation has broken ground on its first National Security Industrial Hub in Bloomfield, Indiana, advancing a Department of War-backed effort to expand domestic munitions and solid rocket motor production capacity, according to a press release sent to GovCon Wire.
The campus, which spans more than 1,100 acres, is supported by a $75 million award under the DOW’s Munitions Campus Pilot Program, an initiative launched in 2023 to lower barriers for emerging manufacturers and accelerate the transition of research and development into scalable production. ACMI said the project is expected to catalyze approximately $600 million in private investment.
Located near Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division and Crane Army Ammunition Activity, the site is designed to serve as shared manufacturing infrastructure for companies developing energetics, propulsion systems and other critical defense technologies.
The groundbreaking drew a distinguished crowd of state and federal leaders, academic officials, and manufacturing executives. Key defense representation included high-ranking officials from the Departments of War, Navy and Army, alongside top leadership from the State of Indiana.
What Is the National Security Industrial Hub Model?
The Indiana site represents the first implementation of ACMI’s industrial hub strategy, which centers on co-locating manufacturers within a shared campus environment to reduce startup costs and mitigate capital risk.
Under the DOD pilot framework, the campus model pools equipment, facilities and technical resources to help smaller firms scale production while enabling established manufacturers to increase output more rapidly.
The Munitions Campus Pilot Program provides $50 million in shared equipment and $25 million in funding to support production transition and supply chain resilience. According to DOW, the initiative applies the concept of regional innovation clusters — traditionally focused on research — to manufacturing execution.
“The United States has no shortage of innovation. What it lacks is production capacity at scale,” said John Burer, founder and CEO at ACMI Group.
“ACMI’s mission is to close this production gap by aligning government demand, private capital, and modern manufacturing infrastructure. Indiana is where that strategy moves from theory to execution, and it sets the template for how we rebuild the industrial foundation behind America’s military and economic power,” he added.
What Role Will Prometheus Energetics Play?
Prometheus Energetics plans to establish its headquarters and primary solid rocket motor production facility on approximately 600 acres of the campus.
The company is a $175 million joint venture between Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems focused on producing solid rocket motors and energetic materials.
In 2025, ACMI and Prometheus entered into an agreement to develop a munitions facility at the Bloomfield site, with construction expected to begin in the second half of that year.
What Comes Next?
The Indiana hub, which will reach initial operations in 2027, is expected to serve as a template for additional campuses focused on other critical manufacturing missions across the United States.
