Arsenal reactivates production-ready facilities for defense manufacturers, faster than building new. Backed by VOSB advantages and decades of defense procurement expertise.
The defense industrial base is facing unprecedented demand pressure. New contracts for shipbuilding, drone systems, munitions, and advanced aerospace components continue to accelerate, but production capacity remains bottlenecked at the facility level.
The conventional path takes too long. Greenfield development requires 7-10 years of permitting, environmental assessment, and construction. Leasing existing facilities often means settling for infrastructure that doesn't meet rigorous defense manufacturing specifications—HVAC, electrical load, utility infrastructure, and security requirements demand precision that most commercial facilities cannot provide.
Yet reactivated brownfield facilities can be operational in months, not years—reducing your time to revenue, accelerating your ability to fulfill contracts, and strengthening your position in the supply chain.
Arsenal is a VOSB founded by James Schmeling, a retired Air Force officer with 25+ years in defense procurement. We're insiders solving manufacturing problems.
As a certified VOSB, Arsenal opens doors to federal contracting pathways and set-asides that matter to your bottom line. Our Mentor-Protégé partnerships and joint ventures allow you to structure deals that maximize your VOSB advantage while scaling capacity rapidly.
We don't just assess square footage. Our team evaluates HVAC load, electrical infrastructure, utility redundancy, security posture, logistics access, and compliance readiness against actual Department of Defense specifications. We know what "production-ready" means because we've worked inside defense procurement for decades.
Arsenal's partnership with BluSky Restoration Contractors brings proven execution capability and institutional capital backing. We're not contractors chasing margin—we're partners committed to getting your facility operational and keeping it that way.
You provide your facility requirements—production capacity, infrastructure specifications, geographic preference, timeline constraints. Arsenal identifies candidate facilities across our priority regions and evaluates each against your manufacturing requirements and defense procurement specifications. We surface opportunities that fit; you decide what to pursue.
Once a facility is identified, Arsenal coordinates between facility owners, economic development agencies, restoration partners, and your team. We navigate the complexities—from environmental assessment to utility upgrades to compliance certification—so you stay focused on production planning. Our BluSky partnership ensures execution capability is locked in.
When your facility is production-ready, Arsenal coordinates final inspections, compliance certification, and the transition to your operations team. The facility is now yours to operate; Arsenal remains available as a strategic partner if your capacity needs continue to grow.
Most reactivated facilities move from identification to production-ready in 4-9 months—compared to 7-10 years for greenfield development.
Finding the right facility isn't just about logistics—it's about competitive positioning. Certain regions have legacy defense manufacturing infrastructure that, when reactivated, offers both cost and capability advantages that greenfield cannot replicate.
As defense manufacturing demand continues to accelerate and supply tightens, being first to secure the right facility in the right region gives you both cost and market advantage. Arsenal identifies these scarce opportunities early and moves quickly.
Not all industrial facilities are created equal. Defense manufacturing—whether shipbuilding, munitions, aerospace, or advanced components—requires specific infrastructure capabilities that most commercial facilities lack.
We evaluate every candidate facility against these specifications before presenting it to you. We know what you need because we've worked inside the defense procurement ecosystem for decades.
