Voyager Technologies announced on Jan. 29, 2026, that it broke ground on a major expansion of the Voyager American Defense Complex near Pueblo, Colo., advancing the Pentagon's call for industry to accelerate domestic missile defense and tactical munitions orders.
Construction is being led by H.E. Whitlock, a Pueblo-based contractor founded in 1892, and will support more than 75 employees of local trades and subcontractors. Parts of the complex are expected to be operational by year's end.
The Voyager American Defense Complex will be 150,000 sq. ft. for advanced manufacturing, operations and testing on PuebloPlex's 16,000 acres and more than 1,000 Earth-covered magazines.
The site was formerly the Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, according to gazette.com. It was the home of manufacturing for guidance and control systems for Pershing missiles in the 1970s and 1980s, then was a storage area for mustard gas rounds.
It is designed to support high-volume production of weapon systems-enabling components, propulsion systems and assembled energetic grains used across the U.S. military, as well as Voyager's proprietary controllable propulsion technologies. It also can house critical chemical and black powder development, which received more than $39 million in federal funding to re-onshore these resources to the United States.
"The groundbreaking of the Voyager American Defense Complex proves that Colorado is building an epicenter for defense," said U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank. "Voyager's investment in our state will help defense readiness capabilities, bring advanced manufacturing and establish long-term growth in Colorado's aerospace industry. Thank you to Voyager for their partnership with Colorado, and I look forward to seeing all the work they accomplish."
In 2013, Pueblo Army Depot was declared surplus federal property. It is managed by PuebloPlex, formerly Pueblo Depot Activity Development Authority, to redevelop the property, support job creation and enhance the tax base.
"We are building the capacity the Pentagon is counting on to achieve President Trump's peace through strength mandate," said Matt Kuta, co-founder and president, Voyager. "As global threats increase and the Department of War accelerates missile-defense and tactical-munitions orders, Voyager is expanding the U.S. industrial base with the capacity, scale and speed needed to meet national-security demand."
The company said the complex will deepen the integration of design for manufacturing, assembly and test, uniting design telemetry with AI-enabled supply chain management to cut lead times and accelerate delivery.
With advanced robotics and highly automated manufacturing, capabilities uncommon in energetics, Voyager will accelerate clean-sheet design through live testing with up to 90 percent greater efficiency, enabling high-rate, safer and more scalable output, according to Voyager Technologies.
