L3Harris Technologies said it broke ground on two additional facilities to support increased production capacity for the U.S. Army’s PAC-3 propulsion systems.
The additional buildings will be located on the company’s Arkansas Advanced Propulsion Facilities (AAPF) campus in Camden.
“We’re self‑funding these new facilities in Arkansas to move at the speed this mission requires,” said Christopher Kubasik, Chairman and CEO, L3Harris. “This expansion boosts our ability to deliver PAC‑3 propulsion faster and at greater quantities, while strengthening military readiness and providing proven capability our warfighters depend on.”
L3Harris produces the PAC-3 MSE interceptor’s advanced two-pulse solid rocket motor, Attitude Control Motors, and the Lethality Enhancer. The two new PAC-3 propulsion facilities include an approximately 75,000-square-foot cast, cure and final assembly facility and an approximately 70,000-square-foot case preparation facility. The facilities will incorporate several advanced manufacturing capabilities, including automated X-ray inspection systems leveraging AI for rapid defect detection, fully automated casting, and expanded curing capacity designed to accelerate production throughput.
L3Harris and Arkansas state leaders broke ground on the broader AAPF campus last year as part of an ongoing effort to build modernized solid rocket motor production facilities at key sites across the nation. The AAPF will specialize in the production of medium and large solid rocket motors supporting tactical and air defense missiles, missile defense targets, interceptors, hypersonic vehicles and emerging missile defense needs.
L3Harris is building approximately 60 facilities and expanding its manufacturing footprint by nearly 1 million square feet across the company’s production sites in Alabama, Arkansas and Virginia.
