Space launch company United Launch Alliance and rocket parts maker Beyond Gravity have begun expanding in north Alabama with $140 million in new construction for two facilities. Two permits have been pulled for work in Decatur, Ala., for an $80 million expansion to Beyond Gravity’s production facility and $60 million expansion for a new ULA receiving warehouse and finished goods staging facility.
The work is part of a larger, $300 million investment in the Decatur area, including funds for buildings, equipment and expanding the manufacturing capabilities of the existing ULA facility, says Darren Drinkwater, ULA director of production operations.