Manufacturing Industrial Base Campus, Defense Manufacturing Expansion, and Build-to-Suit Industrial Development

"Rebuilding the American Defense Industrial Base"

Rocket Shoals, LLC dba AE Shoals operates a 638+ acre manufacturing industrial base campus in Cherokee, Alabama. AE Shoals is anchored by Hadrian Automation’s 2.2M square foot submarine component facility and is positioned to support America’s industrial strength and the U.S. Navy’s distributed shipbuilding strategy. The campus offers room for expansion, industrial-scale infrastructure, private equity support, strong regional workforce access, power access, and multimodal transportation through rail, road, and river connections. AE Shoals supports manufacturers, defense suppliers, and industrial operators seeking a scalable campus built for long-term production growth.

Our mission

Rocket Shoals, LLC dba AE Shoals exists to rebuild the American defense industrial base by providing scalable industrial campus infrastructure that supports advanced manufacturing, workforce growth, and mission-critical production capacity.