Berthoud-based aerospace manufacturer opens Longmont plant as it scales defense, propulsion and missile production
LONGMONT, Colo. — One of Northern Colorado’s homegrown aerospace and defense manufacturers is embarking on a major expansion that could create as many as 1,850 new Colorado jobs, while adding production capacity in Longmont and freeing additional manufacturing space at its Berthoud headquarters.
Berthoud-based Ursa Major opened its new Longmont manufacturing facility Aug. 20, marking another step in a broader expansion of the company’s production of propulsion, hypersonic and solid rocket motor systems…