Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has opened a Hypersonics Capability Center (HCC) in Elkton, Maryland. The facility is designed for large-scale manufacturing of air-breathing propulsion, including ramjet and scramjet propulsion, and will support the U.S. Department of Defense’s growing demands for long range, rapid response weapons. The company is also investing in a new missile integration facility at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in West Virginia and expanding solid rocket motor production at its facility in Promontory, Utah.