08:38 AM EST, 11/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- AST SpaceMobile ( ASTS ) said Tuesday that it has added new manufacturing sites in Texas and Florida to support higher output of its next-generation BlueBird satellites.

The company said the added sites expand production capacity for its satellite program, which relies on US-based manufacturing and internal production control.

AST SpaceMobile ( ASTS ) said the new BlueBird model is designed to provide higher bandwidth and faster data transmission than the satellites it currently has in orbit.

Shares of the company were up more than 1% in recent Tuesday premarket activity.