{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-mccormick-announces-nearly-10-billion-in-new-investment-supporting-4000-pennsylvania-jobs-at-2026-pennsylvania-defense-and-innovation-summit-2/", "Senator McCormick Announces $10 Billion in New Investment supporting Nearly 5,000 Pennsylvania Jobs at 2026 Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit", "2026-07-15", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "PA", "David McCormick", "M001243", "www.mccormick.senate.gov", "davemccormick", "https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "Editor\u2019s Note (July 16, 2026): This release has been updated to reflect Lockheed Martin\u2019s announcement.\n\nCARLISLE, PA \u2014 U.S. Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA) brought together the nation\u2019s top defense, technology, and finance leaders at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for the first-ever Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit. The two-day Summit advanced President Trump\u2019s vision of Peace through Strength and catalyzed more than $10 billion in new investment supporting nearly 5,000 Pennsylvania jobs. Over 30 individual announcements were made advancing American shipbuilding, munitions, space industry, innovation, and emerging technologies such as AI and robotics.\n\nOver two days, more than 1,300 attendees \u2014 including 600-plus C-level executives, representatives from 500-plus organizations and more than 130 exhibitor booths \u2014 took part in over 1,500 meetings connecting investors, suppliers, workforce leaders, university researchers, warfighters, and Department of War officials.\n\n\u201cPennsylvania has powered American defense since the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps were founded in Philadelphia in 1775. That legacy carried us through the Arsenal of Democracy in World War II, and it\u2019s carrying us today through advanced manufacturing, robotics, AI, and space,\u201d said Senator McCormick. \u201cThis week, that legacy translated into results with nearly $10 billion in new investment and supporting over 5,000 jobs for Pennsylvania workers. President Trump has laid out a bold vision for American strength, and Pennsylvania is proving it can deliver, bringing the innovation, the workforce, and the will to build it.\u201d\n\nThe list of announcements falls into three categories: 1) Defense Industrial Base, 2) Emerging Technology, and 3) R&D and Workforce.\n\nStrengthening the Defense Industrial Base\n\nRhoads Industries & General Dynamics Electric Boat (Philadelphia) \u2014 A 10-year, $2.5 billion strategic agreement for advanced manufacturing and shipbuilding to support U.S. Navy submarine construction from the Philadelphia Navy Yard, supporting approximately 1,350 jobs through 2035.\n\nHanwha Group / Hanwha Philadelphia Shipyard (Philadelphia) \u2014 New ship orders for the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel through the Department of Transportation\u2019s Maritime Administration (MARAD), valued at $1.5 billion in program costs and supporting over 2,000 jobs.\n\nJPMorganChase (Philadelphia) \u2014 Nearly $25 million ($18 million in loans and investments, plus almost $6 million in grants) to strengthen Philadelphia\u2019s shipbuilding and maritime manufacturing sector, helping expand a submarine manufacturing facility projected to create 450 permanent jobs, training hundreds of workers, and supporting up to 100 maritime suppliers.\n\nDay & Zimmermann (Philadelphia) \u2014 $2.3 billion contract to provide operations, maintenance, and modernization for the Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada, delivered from its Philadelphia operations.\n\nEOS (Pittsburgh) \u2014 A strategic partnership with the Department of War to enhance the resilience of national defense infrastructure. Eos was awarded a Golden Dome for America contract to integrate mission-ready long-duration energy storage supporting requirements of the nation\u2019s defense shield.\n\nJWF Industries (Windber, Cambria County) \u2014 More than $500 million in anticipated new defense manufacturing contracts and long-term agreements, alongside a 200,000-square-foot facility expansion supporting approximately 200 new jobs by December 2027.\n\nMack Defense (Allentown) \u2014 An additional Army order for 115 Heavy Dump Trucks for the Army National Guard, bringing 2026 orders to 208 trucks worth more than $84 million under a five-year contract worth up to $221.8 million.\n\nAir, formerly Govini (Pittsburgh) \u2014 A 10-year, $450 million expansion of its Pittsburgh office, expected to add 40 jobs.\n\nAttalon (new headquarters in Philadelphia) \u2014 An 80,000-square-foot facility opening in 2027 that more than quadruples U.S. precision coatings production for guided munitions, representing $30 million-plus in investment and 100 jobs.\n\nKratos Defense (York) \u2014 A new 167,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility, Kratos\u2019 third in Pennsylvania, backed by more than $7 million in new production equipment and supporting 440-plus employees statewide.\n\nKarman Space & Defense (Horsham, Montgomery County) \u2014 A $2.7 million expansion to test and qualify advanced material technologies for the Navy surface fleet, creating about 20 new jobs and retaining 40.\n\nAdvanced Cooling Technologies (Lancaster) \u2014 A new 50,000-square-foot cold plate facility and expanded heat pipe production for satellites, defense systems, and AI data centers, with plans to hire up to 100 employees.\n\nSphere Brake Defense (Erie) \u2014 A $4.5 million U.S. Marine Corps contract for certification and production of sphere brake kits for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle fleet, supporting three additional Erie hires.\n\nAcutronic Group (Pittsburgh) \u2014 A $14\u201330 million investment in a new Pittsburgh facility \u2014 the world\u2019s largest dedicated to rate tables, hardware-in-the-loop simulators, and stabilized platforms \u2014 expected to double its Pennsylvania workforce (about 100 jobs) over five years.\n\nU.S. Metal Powders / AMPAL (Palmerton, Carbon County) \u2014 A fourth production line expanding aluminum powder capacity to 52 million pounds annually, adding spherical aluminum powder for solid rocket motor propellant and missile defense programs ($10 million, 15 new jobs).\n\nFirepoint Energy (Tunnelton, Indiana County) \u2014 A pilot facility converting waste coal into synthetic jet fuel, power, and critical minerals, with testing showing 12 of the 13 minerals sought by the Department of War present in the feedstock ($170 million\u2013$2 billion, 50 jobs).\n\nQintel (Pittsburgh) \u2014 An $84 million multi-year contract with U.S. Cyber Command, adding to existing work with the FBI, HSI, USSS, IRS, and Intelligence Community partners, from a 100-person, fully bootstrapped Pittsburgh headquarters.\n\nLockheed Martin (Lackawanna County) \u2014 A $60 million+ investment to expand its Archbald facility, creating approximately 700 new jobs. The investment will double the size of the facility, expand production of critical munitions capabilities, and strengthen America\u2019s defense industrial base.\n\nFielding Emerging Technology \u2014 AI, Autonomy & Space\n\nBlade Diagnostics (Pittsburgh) \u2014 The U.S. Air Force is expanding Blade\u2019s SmartBlend engine sustainment platform across the entire F-35 fleet, with projected savings of $1\u20132 billion.\n\nCarnegie Robotics (Pittsburgh) \u2014 Selected for Phase III of the Army\u2019s GEARS/ATV-S autonomous ground logistics program, positioning the company for a future production opportunity worth up to $400 million across more than 750 Army tactical logistics vehicles.\n\nReflection (Pittsburgh) \u2014 Entered agreements to serve as an open-model AI provider to the Department of Energy and the Pentagon.\n\nVoyager Technologies & Astrobotic (Pittsburgh) \u2014 Completed an acquisition of Astrobotic (rebranded Voyager Lunar Systems, retaining approximately 150 Pittsburgh jobs) valued at up to $300 million, alongside a roughly $297 million NASA task order for lunar surface delivery.\n\nDeepwave Digital (Berks County) \u2014 Deploying RF AI systems, now in low-rate initial production flight tests with the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, to protect American aircraft and crews ($30\u201370 million).\n\nAalyria Technologies (Pittsburgh) \u2014 Signed on to use a new DIU-funded Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) in Pittsburgh, growing its local team with CMU and Pitt talent.\n\nParallax Advanced Research & RIDC (Pittsburgh) \u2014 Building the new $10 million DIU-funded SCIF in Pittsburgh, enabling classified defense collaboration among government, industry, and academia, anchored by Aalyria, Qintel, Deepwave Digital, and Voicd.\n\nVoicd (Pittsburgh) \u2014 A CMU-developed, AI-powered voice intelligence platform that detects deepfake and synthetic speech and authenticates speakers, already adopted by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Senate, with patents filed across the U.S., Europe, and China.\n\nRe:Build Manufacturing (New Kensington, Westmoreland County) \u2014 Launched a line of U.S.-assembled, NDAA-compliant lithium-ion drone battery packs as part of an $81 million investment to scale Pennsylvania drone manufacturing, expected to create up to 300 jobs.\n\nBuilding the R&D and Workforce Pipeline\n\nPenn State \u2014 A new 10-year Army support agreement (RIGSA), a five-year nuclear research and workforce partnership with Westinghouse (including annual fellowships, 40 paid summer internships, and exploration of a HORIZON research test reactor), and a new START+ gas turbine testing laboratory opening in August to support commercial and military engines, including the F-135, in partnership with the FAA, DOE, and RTX-Pratt & Whitney.\n\nPenn State National Security Institute \u2014 Gen. (Ret.) Gary Brito will serve as inaugural chair of the NSI Strategic Advisory Council.\n\nUniversity of Pittsburgh \u2014 Launched the MACAM consortium, spanning 13 Department of War medical research labs, CMU, and industry, to advance autonomous battlefield medicine, building on more than $500 million in Department funding since 2019 and $9 million in current MACAM awards.\n\nTrivedi Institute, University of Pittsburgh \u2014 New Institute for Space and Global Biomedicine, building Pennsylvania\u2019s space and defense biomedicine ecosystem, with six jobs planned in year one.\n\nCarnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Foundry, ViDARR, and Envision Technology \u2014 Launched the Autonomous Systems Manufacturing Platform, leveraging more than $50 million in CMU investment to help U.S. companies rapidly scale secure, domestic production of autonomous systems.\n\nKeystone Space Collaborative \u2014 Announced as Pennsylvania\u2019s dedicated statewide space industry organization, alongside a new Tri-State Space Compact with Ohio and West Virginia.\n\nVoyager Technologies & Geisinger Health (Montour County) \u2014 A Memorandum of Understanding making Geisinger Health the first biopharma and life sciences tenant of Voyager\u2019s VISTA platform, enabling microgravity-based drug development and research ($1 million).\n\nVoyager Technologies & Penn State \u2014 MOU establishing a Penn State presence in the VISTA science park, connecting university researchers to microgravity research aboard the ISS and future commercial stations.\n\nLackawanna College (Scranton) \u2014 A $20 million skilled-trades and technology expansion, including a new Center for Technology and Innovation focused on robotics, energy, and cybersecurity, plus three new skilled trades centers.\n\nQE Manufacturing & Bucknell University \u2014 A $70,000 grant funding a 15-month collaboration studying AI-powered automation in precision manufacturing for aerospace and defense.\n\nPennsylvania College of Technology & BAE Systems (Lycoming County) \u2014 BAE renewed its support for Penn College\u2019s welding programs with a $10,000 grant, supporting 360-plus students and feeding a direct pipeline into defense manufacturing, including BAE\u2019s York site.\n\nU.S. Army AI2C & FUZE \u2014 Hosted the Robotics, AI and Autonomy Forum at CMU\u2019s Robotics Innovation Center, drawing 350-plus attendees and 50-plus companies and academic partners from 28 states.\n\nSouthwest Pennsylvania Defense Ecosystem \u2014 A new government-industry-academia coalition spanning ten Southwest Pennsylvania counties to accelerate mission-focused innovation and speed technology transition to warfighters.\n\nThe Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit took place July 14\u201315, 2026, at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Hosted by Senator Dave McCormick, the Summit convened 1,300 attendees, including 600-plus C-level executives and 500-plus organizations, and featured a curated Pennsylvania Trade Show and Industry Day showcasing Pennsylvania\u2019s leading defense companies, emerging startups, and critical suppliers, connecting them directly with government procurement officials, prime contractors, and private capital.\n\nThe Summit builds on last year\u2019s inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, which brought together business, technology, labor, and government leaders to strengthen Pennsylvania\u2019s role in powering America\u2019s future. That summit catalyzed more than $92 billion in announced investment, the largest single-day private investment commitment in the Commonwealth\u2019s history and remains on track to create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs. A year later, nearly every investment announced at the Summit is moving forward or expanding, underscoring Pennsylvania\u2019s growing leadership in energy, AI, manufacturing, and national security.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-16T07:21:44Z", "2026-07-17T07:17:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-mccormick-announces-nearly-10-billion-in-new-investment-supporting-4000-pennsylvania-jobs-at-2026-pennsylvania-defense-and-innovation-summit-2/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.7879069093614817, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}