RE Journals: Ready for the boom – Southern Indiana taking the steps to become defense and aerospace manufacturing hub with new ACMI Properties project

The Southern Indiana community of Bloomfield is poised to become a hub for defense, aerospace and advanced manufacturing thanks to a major project by ACMI Properties.

Construction is set to begin on the National Security Industrial Hub in the second half of 2025 in Bloomfield, Indiana. The 1,100-acre site is positioned near the Naval Surface Warfare Center – Crane Division, the world’s third-largest naval installation. The goal is to attract defense, aerospace and manufacturing companies to the site.

Prometheus, a U.S.-based supplier of solid rocket motors, will be the site’s first anchor tenant. The company will establish its headquarters and production facility on 550 acres of the National Security Industrial Hub. Prometheus is scheduled to open its facility here in phases starting in 2027.