SANDOVAL COUNTY, N.M. — A California-based hypersonic missile company could soon build a new production and testing facility in Sandoval County.
The project, titled “Project Ranger,” would involve advanced weapons manufacturer Castelion building a 700-acre rocket motor production facility a few miles west of Rio Rancho.
Company leaders say the new factory would assemble and test the next generation of hypersonic missiles, believed to help the U.S. and its allies deter global threats…