U.S. Heavy Manufacturing Takes Flight in 2026's First Quarter

December 30, 2025--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--The armed forces and data-center developers are among the top customers for the heavy-manufacturing corner of the U.S. Industrial Manufacturing Industry. Industrial Info is tracking about $3.4 billion worth of heavy-manufacturing projects across the U.S. that are slated to begin construction in the first quarter of 2026, with aircraft and electrical components among the sectors seeing the strong