PBS Aerospace Opens Turbojet Engine Facility In Georgia
PBS TJ40 engine. (Photo: PBS Aerospace)
PBS Aerospace, a business of Czech-based engineering company PBS Group, on Sept. 4 established its headquarters in Georgia, where the turbojet engine manufacturer also opened a new facility to build propulsion systems for drones and advanced munitions to meet rising Defense Department demand.
The new manufacturing facility will be able to build several thousand small turbojet engines annually beginning in 2026, PBS Aerospace said. The company will build the 100-pound thrust class TJ40 and 200-pound thrust class TJ80 engines in Roswell, Erin Durham, CEO of PBS Aerospace, told sister publication Defense Daily in an interview on Aug. 29.
The small, lightweight, affordable engines are designed for drones, interceptors, and cruise missiles.
PBS Group currently supplies hundreds up to about 1,000 engines per year to U.S. customers, Durham said. Opening a manufacturing facility in the U.S. will better help the company meet growing demand here, he said.
“The U.S. is a cornerstone of our growth strategy,” Petr Kadner, CEO of PBS Group, said in a statement. “Expanding production here allows us to accelerate deliveries, deepen collaboration with American partners and invest in the innovations our customers require.”
Customers for the company’s U.S.-built engines have not been disclosed. PBS Aerospace currently has 50 employees and will be expanding to 100 over the next six to nine months, Durham said.
PBS Group said it made a multi-million dollar investment to establish the new facility and plans to invest another $90 million to expand production capacity over the coming years.
“The expansion will include the development of a new plant designed to further increase output of small turbojet engines for unmanned systems, cruise missiles, and advanced aerial platforms,” PBS Group said.
A version of this story originally appeared in affiliate publication Defense Daily.
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