“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,” said Will Edwards, co-founder and chief executive of Firehawk. “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 supports Firehawk’s strategy to deliver turnkey rocket systems and develop 3D-printed propellant for rocket motors, while benefiting from Mississippi’s aerospace and defence ecosystem. State leaders said the move would strengthen local industry and national defence supply chains.
“Mississippi is proud to have companies like Firehawk investing in our state as they rebuild America’s defense industry,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “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.”
The Mississippi acquisition follows the recent announcement of a site in Lawton, Oklahoma, intended to support full-scale propellant and rocket motor production. Together, the investments aim to expand U.S. industrial capacity for solid rocket motor propellant and create a complete domestic rocket manufacturing and integration pipeline.
