US Firm L3Harris Opens Solid Rocket Motor Facility to Double GMLRS Propulsion Output

L3Harris opened its 60,000-square-foot Arsenal of Freedom solid rocket motor facility in Camden, Arkansas, on October 20, 2026, with the aim of doubling current production capacity for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System propulsion units. The automated plant will manufacture motors under a $250 million follow-on order awarded by Lockheed Martin eight days earlier, described by L3Harris as the highest-quantity GMLRS propulsion contract in programme history. The expansion forms part of a $216 million Defense Production Act agreement signed in 2023 to strengthen tactical missile production. The company has not disclosed the new line's annual output or the date when doubled capacity will be reached.