Aurex is opening 65,000 square feet of secure manufacturing capacity in Huntsville, Alabama and Denver, Colorado, available now for U.S. defense and national security programs.
Built and dedicated in 2025, the facilities are designed to accelerate classified programs, rapid prototyping, precision manufacturing, systems integration and scaled production across missile defense, space, communications and counter-UAS missions.
Prime contractors can’t surge production alone. Speed depends on the supplier base behind propulsion, electronics, structures, machining and other specialized manufacturing — work that often determines whether priority programs stay on schedule or stall.
“We built ahead of demand because the U.S. cannot wait for critical manufacturing capacity to appear after requirements become urgent,” said Warren Kohm, Aurex CEO. “This is not future capacity. Aurex is ready now. Our Huntsville and Denver facilities are built, secure and ready to be put to work immediately on the prototyping, manufacturing, and integration efforts that support our warfighters and strengthen our country’s defenses.”
The facilities are positioned to support current and emerging requirements across SHIELD, NOBLE and MSIC COMET, as well as future work from NASA, the Defense Department, the Missile Defense Agency and other government and industry partners. Available capacity covers munitions reload and restocking, missile prototype and build activity, communications systems prototyping, machining, casings, hardware production and integration.
“North Alabama has long been on the front lines of America’s national security mission,” said Rep. Dale Strong (R-Ala.). “Expanding secure manufacturing in Huntsville strengthens the defense industrial base and ensures we can move quickly to field the technologies that protect our warfighters and deter our adversaries. This expansion and the additional capacity it brings will help address urgent national security need.”