12:10 PM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- L3Harris Technologies ( LHX ) said Thursday it is planning to build a large solid rocket motor production campus at its site in Camden, Arkansas.

The campus will include over 20 buildings across 110 acres for the high-speed production of large solid rocket motor propulsion for missile defense targets, interceptors and hypersonic vehicles, the company said. Construction is expected to begin this year and production is set to start in 2027, it added.

The facilities are expected to provide a "six-fold increase" in manufacturing capacity and will use equipment that will allow the company to adjust production based on current demand, L3Harris ( LHX ) said.

The company said it is investing almost half a billion dollars across its major production sites to support solid rocket motor production.

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