Defense technology company Firehawk Aerospace is expanding its manufacturing capacity through the acquisition of a facility in Lowndes County.
The company is taking over the former Nammo Talley building in Crawford, a Defense Contract Management Agency-rated integration center. According to officials, the transaction includes a 20-year lease on 636 acres.
“This acquisition strengthens Firehawk’s ability to address one of the nation’s most urgent defense challenges: rebuilding munition inventories that have been drawn down faster than they can be replaced,” Will Edwards, Co-founder and CEO of Firehawk, said.
“While the current industrial base is built to produce thousands of rockets per year, we are building this site – and our broader manufacturing footprint – to operate at a much higher production tempo. With R&D in Texas, energetics production in Oklahoma, and now full system integration in Mississippi, we are designing for throughput measured in thousands per month, not years.”
The investment advances Firehawk’s strategic priorities, from delivering turnkey rocket systems to pioneering 3D-printed propellant for rocket motors. Company leadership touted Mississippi’s business environment, coupled with a robust aerospace and defense corridor and research institutions, for the move to the Magnolia State.
“Mississippi is proud to have companies like Firehawk investing in our state as they rebuild America’s defense industry,” Gov. Tate Reeves said. “Their acquisition in Crawford will bring skilled jobs to the region while directly contributing to the production capacity our nation needs. Firehawk’s investment will strengthen the local economy while helping our nation supply the system our warfighters depend on.”
Through its investment in Mississippi and abroad, Firehawk is expanding U.S. industrial capacity for solid rocket motor propellant and building an end-to-end rocket production and integration pipeline.