Redwire Opens New Albuquerque Facility To Advance Space And Missile Defense Systems

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | September 11, 2025 06:34am

Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW), a global leader in space and defense technology solutions, today announced it has opened a new rapid capabilities facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico to advance the development of space-based defense systems.

This new 15,000 square-foot facility is Redwire's latest investment in the Albuquerque region, with the company maintaining a long-standing footprint in the area as a key partner for Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Redwire's new facility, better known as Firestone Rapid Capabilities Facility (FRCF), will support a wide range of capabilities for space, missile defense, and other emerging warfighting domains:

• strategic systems assembly, integration, and test
• structural, mechanical, and thermal spacecraft subsystems
• launch and ground support equipment for proliferated space
• advanced analysis and testing methods national security applications

Redwire's FRCF site will also support work under its $45 million, five-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate to design, develop, and test of prototype software and hardware for mission critical technologies.

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