America Reloaded / Companion evidence ledger
U.S. Defense Projects, Factories & Investments Ledger
Project, Research, Analysis, Editorial by Patrick Russell; assisted by ChatGPT (OpenAI).
This ledger separates geographic footprint from demonstrated industrial capacity. Every record is graded through announcement, authority, funding, construction, hiring, production and delivered output.
SpaceX records added September 29, 2026. Award values are separate commitments and must not be added to overlapping budget requests. Military and commercial SpaceX context →
Evidence boundary
What the “120+ projects” map does—and does not prove
The approved infographic states that more than 120 major projects, factories and investments span more than 40 states. The composite image does not identify 120 source-resolved rows, and the publication master does not contain a complete item-level dataset behind every map dot. GIB therefore treats that number as a directional infographic claim—not a verified ledger total—until every location is reconciled to a primary record.
This page publishes the verified baseline now available. Consolidated awards such as the CHIPS program are retained as grouped records when the cited source reports a program count but the article has not independently audited every underlying project.
Source-resolved programs or grouped project families.
CHIPS projects reported by GAO across 19 companies.
Not treated as verified until an item-level source audit is complete.
Published evidence ledger
Programs, factories and industrial-capacity records
01SpaceX SB-AMTI sensing constellationSpaceX spacecraft and national supplier network; site-level workshare not disclosed
- Sector
- Space sensing / airborne target tracking
- Investment or scale
- $4.16 billion competitive Other Transaction Authority agreement announced May 29, 2026
- Current evidence status
- Awarded; initial constellation projected by 2028; accepted operational coverage not established by the award
- Attribution
- Created / Contracted; face value is not cash paid or delivered output
02SpaceX Space Data Network BackboneDistributed spacecraft, optical links, terminals and ground infrastructure
- Sector
- Space communications / joint-force data transport
- Investment or scale
- $2.29 billion fixed-price OTA delivery order announced May 26, 2026
- Current evidence status
- Awarded; prototype delivery, network integration and accepted service remain separate milestones
- Attribution
- Created / Contracted; separate from budget requests and launch orders
03SpaceX SBST Falcon 9 launch ordersVandenberg Space Force Base, California
- Sector
- National security launch
- Investment or scale
- $1.6 billion across two task orders for 18 launches, announced July 29, 2026
- Current evidence status
- Ordered; all launches expected by end-2027; completed missions and payload readiness must be verified separately
- Attribution
- Created / Contracted; launch services separate from spacecraft production
04PAC-3 MSE interceptor capacityMulti-state supplier and final-assembly network
- Sector
- Missiles / air defense
- Investment or scale
- Framework targets approximately 600 to 2,000 interceptors annually
- Current evidence status
- Framework signed; seven-year supply contract, appropriations and delivered output pending
- Attribution
- Expanded / Accelerated
05155mm high-explosive ammunition expansionArmy organic and contractor production network
- Sector
- Ammunition / energetics
- Investment or scale
- Public objective: 100,000 rounds per month; cited metal-parts contract cumulative face value approximately $749.8 million through 2027
- Current evidence status
- Capacity scale-up under review; work and funding determined with each order
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Accelerated
06M795 projectile assembly capacityParsons, Kansas
- Sector
- Ammunition / load-assemble-pack
- Investment or scale
- Army-reported rated capacity of 12,000 M795 projectiles per month at full operation; $36 million Army investment
- Current evidence status
- Facility opened; sustained accepted output pending
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Accelerated
07Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) manufacturing awardsMultiple U.S. states
- Sector
- Semiconductors / electronics
- Investment or scale
- 19 companies covering 40 projects; $30.9 billion in direct incentives and $5.5 billion in loans reported by the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Current evidence status
- Awards and construction milestones; full domestic output pending
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Modified
08Navy lead-ship portfolioMajor U.S. shipyards and supplier regions
- Sector
- Shipbuilding
- Investment or scale
- Eleven recent lead ships collectively at least $8 billion over planned cost
- Current evidence status
- Funded programs with major cost and schedule constraints
- Attribution
- Mixed multi-administration portfolio
09Attack-submarine maintenance enterprisePublic and private naval shipyards
- Sector
- Submarines / repair
- Investment or scale
- More than 15,000 operational days lost and approximately $3.4 billion in costs over a decade
- Current evidence status
- Existing capacity constrained; recovery not yet demonstrated
- Attribution
- Inherited constraint + current reform effort
10Columbia and Virginia submarine construction planMajor submarine shipyards and national supplier base
- Sector
- Submarine construction
- Investment or scale
- $124.9 billion planned for fiscal years 2027–2031 (FY2027–FY2031) construction plus $6.2 billion for the industrial base
- Current evidence status
- Budget plan and one-plus-two annual production objective; achieved cadence and on-time delivery pending
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Expanded
11Predictive-maintenance implementationMilitary maintenance depots and service organizations
- Sector
- Maintenance / readiness
- Investment or scale
- Nearly $90 billion annual maintenance enterprise cited in the investigation
- Current evidence status
- Accountable authorities designated; implementation remains uneven
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Restructured
12Defense lower-tier supplier networkNationwide
- Sector
- Cross-sector suppliers
- Investment or scale
- More than 200,000 suppliers identified by GAO
- Current evidence status
- Large footprint; origin and dependency visibility incomplete
- Attribution
- Inherited constraint
13Critical-material projects and substitutionDomestic and allied mining, processing and recycling network
- Sector
- Critical minerals
- Investment or scale
- Multiple project and research pathways; no single consolidated delivered-output total
- Current evidence status
- Developing; Chinese processing exposure remains
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Expanded
14B-21 Raider productionU.S. aerospace production and supplier network
- Sector
- Long-range aerospace
- Investment or scale
- Program-scale production; complete quantities and supplier detail are not public
- Current evidence status
- Production expansion funded; delivery and fleet scale remain the test
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Accelerated
15B-21 Raider production-capacity increasePalmdale, California and national aerospace supplier network
- Sector
- Bombers / long-range strike
- Investment or scale
- $4.5 billion already authorized and appropriated; Air Force says annual production capacity will increase 25 percent
- Current evidence status
- Agreement funded; annual accepted deliveries and mission-ready fleet scale pending
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Accelerated
16F-47 next-generation air-dominance platformBoeing aerospace engineering and future production network
- Sector
- Fighters / air superiority
- Investment or scale
- Engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract; public value and planned quantities are limited
- Current evidence status
- EMD awarded; production decision, deliveries and operational fielding pending
- Attribution
- Created / Contracted
17FQ-42 and FQ-44 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)General Atomics and Anduril development, production and autonomy ecosystem
- Sector
- Autonomous combat aviation
- Investment or scale
- Air Force objective of more than 150 combat-capable CCA by the end of the decade
- Current evidence status
- Development and production contracts awarded; accepted quantities, operational integration and mission performance pending
- Attribution
- Created / Accelerated
18FY2027 Air Force combat-aircraft procurement requestNational fighter, trainer, tanker and supplier network
- Sector
- Aircraft procurement
- Investment or scale
- Request includes 38 F-35s, 24 F-15EXs, 23 T-7As and 15 KC-46As
- Current evidence status
- President's budget request; enactment, contract execution, acceptance and unit fielding pending
- Attribution
- Mixed multi-administration portfolio + current expansion request
19FY2027 naval aviation procurement requestNational naval-aircraft, rotorcraft and supplier network
- Sector
- Carrier / maritime / Marine aviation
- Investment or scale
- $34.4 billion request covering 123 aircraft plus modernization, spares and support
- Current evidence status
- President's budget request; includes F-35 growth, P-8 restart, E-2D extension, CH-53K, KC-130J and MQ-25
- Attribution
- Mixed multi-administration portfolio + current expansion request
20KC-135 and KC-46 aerial-refueling sustainmentAir Force units, Boeing supply chain and organic depot network
- Sector
- Tankers / global reach
- Investment or scale
- Fleetwide readiness dependency; public report does not establish a single sufficient wartime capacity number
- Current evidence status
- Critical parts shortages and parts failures constrain availability; FY2027 requests 15 additional KC-46As
- Attribution
- Inherited constraint + current procurement and sustainment
21Air Force aviation depot networkOgden, Utah; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Warner Robins, Georgia
- Sector
- Aircraft maintenance / regeneration
- Investment or scale
- Three Air Logistics Complexes supporting aircraft including F-35, KC-135 and C-130 fleets
- Current evidence status
- Operating; GAO reports considerably increased delays since FY2019 and incomplete performance visibility
- Attribution
- Inherited capacity + current reform requirement
22FY2027 Army land-warfare procurement requestNational vehicle, missile, ammunition and tactical-equipment network
- Sector
- Ground combat / land warfare
- Investment or scale
- $35.9 billion requested, including $12.1 billion for missiles, $5.5 billion for ammunition and $3.7 billion for weapons and tracked combat vehicles
- Current evidence status
- President's budget request; enactment, obligation, production, acceptance and fielding pending
- Attribution
- Mixed multi-administration portfolio + current expansion request
23Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) full-rate productionBAE Systems combat-vehicle production and national supplier network
- Sector
- Armored vehicles / protected mobility
- Investment or scale
- $1.151 billion requested for 196 vehicles in FY2027
- Current evidence status
- Full-rate-production request; supplier execution, government acceptance and unit fielding remain separate tests
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Expanded
24Army close-combat weapon and fire-control procurementNational small-arms, optics, electronics and ammunition supply chain
- Sector
- Infantry weapons / soldier systems
- Investment or scale
- FY2027 request includes 2,795 M250 automatic rifles, 14,944 XM8 carbines and 20,402 advanced fire-control systems
- Current evidence status
- Budget request; qualification, accepted production, soldier training and formation-level fielding pending
- Attribution
- Created / Accelerated
25Army Organic Industrial Base transformationTwenty-three Army depots, arsenals and ammunition plants
- Sector
- Ground-system maintenance / munitions / regeneration
- Investment or scale
- More than $1 billion in modernization projects reported as executed during FY2025
- Current evidence status
- Transformation strategy and modernization underway; sustained throughput, surge output and readiness effects not yet demonstrated publicly
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Restructured
26FY2027 Space Force mission and procurement expansionNational space, launch, ground-system and cyber industrial network
- Sector
- Space / cyber / C4ISR
- Investment or scale
- $71.1 billion Space Force request, including $6.7 billion for satellite communications and $6.8 billion for missile warning and tracking
- Current evidence status
- President's budget request; enactment, contract execution, deployment and resilient operational service pending
- Attribution
- Created / Expanded + Accelerated
27Tracking Layer Tranche 3 missile-defense satellitesFort Wayne, Indiana; Louisville, Colorado; national component and launch network
- Sector
- Space sensing / missile warning and tracking
- Investment or scale
- Two prototype agreements totaling approximately $1.75 billion for 36 space vehicles: 18 from L3Harris and 18 from Sierra Space
- Current evidence status
- Agreements awarded; vehicles expected to be available for launch by end of 2028, with launch, checkout and operational performance pending
- Attribution
- Created / Accelerated
28Proliferated low-Earth-orbit mesh data networkDistributed spacecraft, ground stations, terminals and launch providers
- Sector
- Space communications / battle network
- Investment or scale
- $2.38 billion requested in FY2027 Space Procurement
- Current evidence status
- Budget request for network backbone; accepted spacecraft, on-orbit service, terminal integration and resilience pending
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Expanded
29Army Next Generation Command and Control common data layer4th Infantry Division, Colorado; 25th Infantry Division, Hawaii; national software and hardware network
- Sector
- Command and control / tactical data
- Investment or scale
- $2.9 billion Army FY2027 request for applications, data, transport and infrastructure modernization
- Current evidence status
- Common baseline established after division exercises; operational implementation and forcewide scaling underway
- Attribution
- Created / Accelerated
30Ready Reserve Force operating and activation baseStrategically located government and commercial outports across the United States
- Sector
- Strategic sealift / mobilization
- Investment or scale
- Current Maritime Administration page lists 43 ships: 37 roll-on/roll-off vessels, four auxiliary crane ships and two aviation-maintenance vessels
- Current evidence status
- Maintained in five- or ten-day readiness categories; current activation reliability, crew fill and wartime throughput require operational verification
- Attribution
- Inherited capacity + current recapitalization and management
31U.S.-flag commercial sealift reserve programsU.S.-flag vessels, global terminals and intermodal carrier networks
- Sector
- Commercial sealift / tanker capacity
- Investment or scale
- March 2026 dashboard lists 60 Maritime Security Program vessels, nine Tanker Security Program vessels and 101 Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement vessels
- Current evidence status
- Program enrollment establishes contingency access; activation, crewing, route security and delivered wartime capacity remain the result test
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued
32FY2027–FY2031 Navy auxiliary-fleet resetU.S. and prospective allied shipyards, strategic-sealift and fleet-logistics network
- Sector
- Auxiliaries / sealift / fleet logistics
- Investment or scale
- $4.1 billion planned in FY2027 and $15 billion over five years for 21 ships
- Current evidence status
- Shipbuilding plan; appropriations, awards, construction, acceptance and operational availability pending
- Attribution
- Created / Expanded
33Civil Reserve Air Fleet strategic-airlift augmentationParticipating U.S. airlines, aircraft, crews and commercial support facilities
- Sector
- Strategic airlift / commercial mobilization
- Investment or scale
- Commercial passenger and cargo capacity assigned to augment Air Mobility Command during contingencies
- Current evidence status
- Standing contingency mechanism; current carrier participation, activation capacity and wartime availability require scenario-specific verification
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued
34Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernizationMountain West and national nuclear-enterprise footprint
- Sector
- Nuclear deterrence
- Investment or scale
- Multidecade program; current public record emphasizes cost and schedule pressure
- Current evidence status
- Inherited troubled program under restructuring
- Attribution
- Inherited + Restructured
35Pantex High Explosives Science and Engineering facilityTexas Panhandle
- Sector
- Nuclear enterprise
- Investment or scale
- Three structures totaling 68,500 square feet replaced functions spread across 15 aging facilities
- Current evidence status
- Construction completed and operation announced May 2026
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued; Trump-era Result
36Y-12 processing modernizationOak Ridge, Tennessee
- Sector
- Nuclear materials
- Investment or scale
- Electrorefining startup and multiple long-duration uranium-processing modernization milestones
- Current evidence status
- First new nuclear-processing capability startup at Y-12 in more than 20 years; broader modernization continues
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued; Trump-era Result
37Golden Dome architecture and industrial demandProspective nationwide sensor, interceptor, space and command network
- Sector
- Missile defense
- Investment or scale
- Policy and funding initiative; project-by-project footprint is still developing
- Current evidence status
- Architecture and funding phase; fielded system not yet demonstrated
- Attribution
- Created
38Allied guided-weapons and artillery cooperationU.S.–Australia and broader allied industrial networks
- Sector
- Missiles / ammunition
- Investment or scale
- GMLRS production work and M795 technical-data cooperation identified by DoD
- Current evidence status
- Industrial cooperation underway; usable output depends on qualification and delivery
- Attribution
- Inherited / Continued + Expanded
Publication standard
How additional records qualify
- LocationA named facility, installation, yard, mine, plant or supplier footprint.
- InvestmentAppropriated, awarded, obligated or privately committed money—not an unsourced estimate.
- EmploymentJobs promised and jobs hired reported separately.
- Facility statusAnnounced, permitted, under construction, completed or operating.
- ProductThe specific military, industrial, energy or infrastructure output.
- ResultDelivered, qualified output and measurable readiness effect.