Prometheus Energetics, a U.S.-based merchant supplier of solid rocket motors (SRMs) and energetics and a joint venture between Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems, marked a major milestone with the official groundbreaking of its new solid rocket motor manufacturing campus in Indiana.
Prometheus will serve as the anchor tenant for ACMI's National Security Industrial Hub (NSIH) in Bloomfield, Indiana. Prometheus's planned manufacturing campus will span approximately 600 acres and is designed to support four solid rocket motor production lines, delivering up to 800 tons of domestic energetics manufacturing capacity, with room for future expansion. Leveraging shared infrastructure and a co-located manufacturing ecosystem, the campus is built to rapidly scale production.
Kratos and RAFAEL have jointly committed up to $175 million in capital to establish Prometheus Energetics and its manufacturing campus, including property, plant, equipment, workforce development, and technology transfer. Following construction and certification of RAFAEL's manufacturing processes, Prometheus is projected to begin SRM production in 2027.
Together, the partners established Prometheus to function as an independent, merchant supplier capable of supporting multiple programs of record.
Prometheus will establish its headquarters and primary production operations on approximately 600 acres of the NSIH site, leveraging the campus ecosystem to accelerate production of critical propulsion systems and expand second-source capacity across major missile programs.
Major construction activities are expected to progress through phased development, with the campus ultimately supporting large-scale SRM and energetics production while creating manufacturing jobs in Indiana.
