Aderholt identifies company involved with northwest Alabama submarine parts plant

The company partnering with the U.S. Navy to bring a submarine components facility to Muscle Shoals has been identified.
U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, said Hadrian, a fast-growing advanced manufacturing company involved in the defense industry, is the company partnering with the Navy to transform a 2.2 million-square-foot former railcar plant into the submarine facility.
The company has already launched a website dedicated to its upcoming work in the region: hadrianalabama.com. And they have billboards up in the Shoals. According to the company, the investment in the facility at Factory 4 in Cherokee is about $2 billion.
“Hadrian represents the kind of innovative American manufacturing that is critical to rebuilding and strengthening our nation’s defense supply chain,” Aderholt said.
Hadrian specializes in advanced precision manufacturing and works with leading defense and aerospace partners to rapidly produce high-quality components needed for national security, the congressman said.
“This investment represents a strong partnership between private industry, the U.S. Navy, and the Trump Administration to reinforce America’s defense industrial base,” Aderholt said. “Northwest Alabama has a long history of supporting our nation’s military and defense mission, going all the way back to World War I, and we are proud to play a role in helping ensure the United States maintains the strongest military in the world.”
Aderholt said Hadrian’s decision to invest in Northwest Alabama highlights the region’s skilled workforce, strategic location, and growing importance in the nation’s defense manufacturing ecosystem.
“This is exactly the type of investment that strengthens our economy, supports American jobs, and reinforces our national security,” Aderholt said. “I look forward to working with Hadrian, the Navy, and the Trump Administration as this project moves forward.”
According to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the plant is expected to employ between 750 and 1,500 people at the site formerly owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama.
The facility is expected to be dedicated on March 20. Tuberville said during his Washington update at the Von Braun Center that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegspeth and the Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, would be present at the dedication ceremony. He said the ceremony had been scheduled for this week, but had been pushed back because of the war with Iran.
Tuberville is hoping that President Donald Trump will be present for the ribbon cutting.