Prometheus Energetics is a U.S.-based merchant supplier of solid rocket motors and energetics formed as a joint venture between Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. The company was created to address a growing gap in U.S. solid rocket motor and energetics production that has become a significant supply chain and national security concern as demand for advanced munitions continues to rise across multiple operational domains.
The new Prometheus campus will serve as the anchor tenant for ACMIs National Security Industrial Hub in Bloomfield. The planned facility will cover approximately 600 acres and is designed to host four solid rocket motor production lines, delivering up to 800 tons of domestic energetics manufacturing capacity, with provisions for future expansion as demand and program requirements grow.
By leveraging shared infrastructure and a co-located manufacturing ecosystem at the National Security Industrial Hub, the campus is intended to scale production rapidly while strengthening domestic readiness. The site is structured to restore depth and resilience to the U.S. defense industrial base, reduce bottlenecks in the energetics supply chain, and provide additional capacity to support key missile and propulsion programs.
"Today's groundbreaking represents far more than the start of construction," said Dan Merenda, Chief Operating Officer of Prometheus Energetics. "It marks the moment when a known vulnerability in America's solid rocket motor supply chain begins to be closed. Prometheus was created to operate at production scale, delivering trusted, domestically produced energetics systems to meet urgent and long-term U.S. and allied defense needs. This campus is foundational to ensuring readiness is more than a promise, it is a certainty."
Kratos and RAFAEL have jointly committed up to 175 million dollars in capital to stand up Prometheus Energetics and build out the state-of-the-art manufacturing campus. That investment covers property, plant and equipment, workforce development, and technology transfer. Following construction, commissioning, and certification of RAFAELs combat-proven manufacturing processes, the company expects solid rocket motor production to begin in 2027.
RAFAEL contributes decades of vertically integrated energetics expertise and combat-proven technologies supporting systems such as Iron Dome, Davids Sling, and other advanced air and missile defense platforms. Kratos brings extensive U.S. production experience in hypersonics, ballistic missile targets, sub-orbital research vehicles, and solid rocket motors, along with a track record in rapid, cost-effective manufacturing for defense and national security customers.
Together, Kratos and RAFAEL structured Prometheus Energetics to function as an independent merchant supplier capable of supporting multiple programs of record while reinforcing the resilience of the U.S. munitions supply chain. The partners emphasize that the combat-proven nature of RAFAELs energetics technologies means that when adapted for U.S. platforms, performance is based on operational experience rather than developmental projections.
"The establishment of Prometheus is a strategic step in strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base," said Eric DeMarco, President and CEO of Kratos. "Breaking ground on this campus reflects our shared commitment with RAFAEL to invest our own dollars to rapidly stand up trusted, domestic production capacity that can operate at scale and deliver real products affordably and with speed."
"This groundbreaking advances our strategic partnership with Kratos and will ensure reliable access to advanced, combat-proven energetics for U.S. and allied forces," said Yoav Tourgeman, CEO and President of RAFAEL. "The Prometheus campus represents Rafaels approach to localized and resilient production in response to modern defense requirements."
Prometheus plans to locate its headquarters and primary production operations on roughly 600 acres within the National Security Industrial Hub. From this base, the company intends to accelerate production of critical propulsion systems and provide second-source capacity for major missile programs, supporting both current and future U.S. and allied requirements.
Construction of the Indiana campus is expected to proceed through phased development, allowing Prometheus to ramp up production capacity in line with program milestones and workforce growth. Over time, the site is expected to support large-scale solid rocket motor and energetics manufacturing while creating high-skilled industrial and engineering jobs in the region.
Prometheus Energetics will coordinate with ACMI, state and local authorities, and federal stakeholders to align campus buildout with workforce development initiatives, infrastructure investment, and national security priorities. Company leaders position the new facility as part of a broader push to revitalize U.S. energetics manufacturing and ensure that American and allied forces have reliable access to critical propulsion technologies.
In the context of increasingly complex global security challenges and rising demand for advanced missile and defense systems, the Prometheus campus is framed as a decisive step toward restoring American energetics production at scale. The company describes its mission as bringing speed, resilience, and proven capability back into the U.S. defense industrial base under the banner "Prometheus. Bringing Fire to the Fight."
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