Blue Origin Launches Construction Of $200M Alabama Rocket Engine Plant

Alabama News Center | January 26, 2019 @ 5:00 am

By Jerry Underwood, Made in Alabama

Space flight company Blue Origin this morning kicked off construction on a $200 million plant in Huntsville that will produce the BE-4 rocket engine for future national security and other missions.

The 200,000-square-foot facility will be built on 46 acres at Explorer Boulevard and Pegasus Drive in Cummings Research Park. The project will create more than 300 jobs in Huntsville.

Executives from Blue Origin and rocket maker United Launch Alliance joined Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and community leaders for a groundbreaking ceremony at the plant site this morning.

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