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Plans Set to Launch New Arkansas Rocket Motor Production Facility in Camden
CALHOUN COUNTY, ARKANSAS, JUL 17 – L3Harris will invest $193 million in Calhoun County to add over 130,000 square feet of manufacturing space and increase rocket motor production capacity six-fold, creating 50 new jobs.
- On Thursday, Eric DiStasi was appointed vice president of strategy and business development and general manager of advanced missile programs, DiStasi confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post Thursday.
- A defense industry veteran, DiStasi served at Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin, and holds an MBA from the University of New Haven.
- L3Harris is investing $193 million to build 20 facilities, adding over 130,000 square feet, with production slated for 2027.
- Creating 50 new jobs over two years, the project is part of the Defense Department’s Defense Production Act Title III program, and it offers a six-fold increase in manufacturing capacity.
- She noted, `L3Harris is a major part of Arkansas’s aerospace industry, and we are excited to see its continued growth,` and build on South Arkansas’s long history in defense manufacturing.
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L3Harris to build more than 20 rocket motor facilities in Calhoun County
CAMDEN — L3Harris Technologies announced plans to build more than 20 new manufacturing facilities in Calhoun County to produce large solid rocket motors, following a meeting with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) officials at the…
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An advanced large solid rocket motor hot fire test conducted at L3Harris’ Camden, Arkansas, site.(Courtesy photo)Defense contractor and weapons manufacturer L3Harris plans to construct an “extensive” production facility for rocket motors in an expansion of the company’s footprint in Arkansas, it announced Friday. The new manufacturing facility for large solid rocket motors will be located in Camden, where L3Harris subsidiary Aerojet Rocketdyne h…
Plans set to launch new Arkansas rocket motor production facility in Camden
CAMDEN, Ark. – Officials with L3Harris Technologies in Camden, Arkansas, announced plans to expand capacity by constructing a large solid rocket motor production facility. Officials said the current campus will add more than 130,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space to the broader 2,000-acre production site, which employs approximately 1,300 people. It will include more than 20 buildings across 110 acres for high-speed production of …
L3Harris announces $193M expansion in Camden, will add 50 new jobs over two years | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
South Arkansas has become a hot spot for the aerospace and defense industry -- and a $193 million investment announced Thursday will help continue the region's trajectory.
L3Harris Launches $193M Expansion to Boost Rocket Motor Output in Arkansas
Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies Inc. of Melbourne, Florida, on Thursday announced plans to invest $193 million to expand solid rocket motor manufacturing in Arkansas. The project would bring more than 20 buildings and 130,000 SF of manufacturing and office space to Calhoun County, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission said in a news release. L3Harris currently makes more than 100,000 solid rocket motors annually at its facilities…
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