With $100 million in facility-specific investment, this project clears AFT's $100 million investment threshold (AFT includes any project meeting $100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). It is also confirmed by official public sources and involves a physical manufacturing facility in the United States.
View full methodology →The aerospace & defense context.
Facilities manufacturing aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles, aircraft engines, avionics, missiles, rocket motors, munitions, ordnance, military vehicles, and weapons systems. Naval vessels and submarine components remain in Shipbuilding; semiconductor fabrication remains in Semiconductors.
At a glance
- Company
- Northrop Grumman
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- Elkton, Maryland
- Investment
- $100.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- Not disclosed
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- Jun 2, 2025
- Operations began
- Date not publicly specified
- Added to tracker
- Oct 27, 2026
Official references
- Northrop Grumman, Elkton site expansion announcement, June 2, 2025 https://www.publicnow.com/view/20A4439DD71B0768F5499DC93D8874CF5F7AD7CB
- Northrop Grumman, "Northrop Grumman Opens Propulsion Innovation Center in Maryland, Expanding High-Tech Jobs," September 2026 https://news.northropgrumman.com/propulsion/northrop-grumman-opens-propulsion-innovation-center-in-maryland-expanding-high-tech-jobs
- Office of Gov. Wes Moore, "Governor Moore and Northrop Grumman Celebrate Ribbon Cutting of New Propulsion Innovation Center," September 8, 2026 https://governor.maryland.gov/news/press-releases/governor-moore-and-northrop-grumman-celebrate-ribbon-cutting-new-propulsion-innovation-center
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Elkton Propulsion Site Expansion — Northrop Grumman, Elkton, MD." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/northrop-grumman-elkton-propulsion-expansion. Accessed October 28, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.