Construction of a Hypersonic Weapons Manufacturing Facility Begins in the United States

The American company Castelion has announced the launch of Project Ranger, a large-scale manufacturing campus covering an area of approximately 405 hectares in Sandoval County, New Mexico.

The new site will become a center for the serial production of hypersonic weapons for the US Army, according to Defence Blog.

Investments in the project exceed $220 million. The company estimates that the economic impact for the state over the next decade will be approximately $650 million.

The campus will include the production of solid-fuel rocket engines, bench testing, and final assembly of hypersonic systems.

The first building will be ready this summer, and all 21 buildings will be completed by the end of 2026. The completion of construction will coincide with plans to deploy US hypersonic weapons at the end of this decade.

According to Castelion CEO Brian Hargis, the main goal of the project is to eliminate a key bottleneck in US hypersonic weapons programs, namely the lack of industrial capacity for large-scale production.

“Project Ranger is a revival of American manufacturing that will provide the country with the systems it needs,” he said.