With 100 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears AFT's 100-permanent-job 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
- RTX (Collins Aerospace)
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- Largo, Florida
- Investment
- $26.5M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 100
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- May 11, 2025
- Expected opening
- Dec 1, 2026
- Added to tracker
- Feb 27, 2026
Official references
- Primary source https://www.rtx.com/news/news-center/2026/05/11/rtxs-collins-aerospace-accelerates-production-with-26-5-million-investment-in-l
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "RTX, Largo, FL." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/rtx-collins-aerospace-largo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.
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