Nov 11, 2024 · An industrial boom is coming to a western Kentucky town after the U.S. Army announced it as the site of a new TNT production facility, the first in the country since 1986.

Nov 8, 2024 · FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract on Friday to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky that will become the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades, officials said.

Nov 12, 2024 · After sourcing all of its TNT from overseas allies, the U.S. Army has taken a step forward to begin producing the explosive material domestically by awarding a contract to REPKON USA-Defense LLC...

Nov 8, 2024 · GRAHAM, Ky. (KT) – U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Louisville, announced Friday the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Muhlenberg County’s Graham community, the first domestic source of TNT in the United States since the 1980s.

Nov 8, 2024 · During a press conference at the local VFW Post, McConnell identified trinitrotoluene – better known as TNT – as a critical explosive for Air Force weaponry, from hand grenades to aircraft bombs,...

Nov 11, 2024 · Senator Mitch McConnell speaks Friday at an announcement of the first domestic TNT manufacturer in nearly 40 years. The United States is getting back into the TNT game for the first time in nearly four decades, and Kentucky is the setting.

Nov 8, 2024 · – The U.S. Army’s Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition and U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island have awarded a contract action with a ceiling of $435 million to REPKON USA –...

Nov 8, 2024 · TNT, or trinitrotoluene, is an explosive the military uses in artillery shells, bombs and grenades. “The Muhlenberg County facility will utilize state-of-the-art technology, maximizing the use of...

Nov 8, 2024 · The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract on Friday to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky that will become the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades. Trinitrotoluene, or TNT, is used in artillery shells, bombs and grenades.

Nov 12, 2024 · MUHLENBERG COUNTY, Ky. — The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract to build a TNT plant in western Kentucky.