The Army awarded $435 million to Repkon USA, which plans to build the facility in Graham, an unincorporated community in Muhlenburg County, roughly 135 miles southwest of Louisville. TNT is the key ingredient in bombs, grenades and ammunition.

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.

In Muhlenberg County, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell reveals big plans for the United States' military defense. The U.S. Army and Repkon USA, a leading producer in metal production plants, joined him.

By Tom Latek Kentucky Today U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell announced the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Muhlenberg County’s Graham community.

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. – The U.S. Army’s Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition and U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island have

Repkon USA — an aerospace and defense manufacturer — has a $435 million military contract to build and operate the first domestic source of the explosive chemical in Kentucky.

A production facility to manufacture TNT for the Army will be built in Western Kentucky. Repkon USA has been awarded a $435 million contract to build the plant in the Graham community in Muhlenberg County,

The production plant from Kentucky will be the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades, officials said.