Overview
- On Feb. 27 in Camden, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth addressed about 1,500 L3Harris employees as the tour’s first phase concluded with visits to L3Harris and General Dynamics facilities.
- Hegseth urged industry to “build more and build faster” and vowed to cut Pentagon bureaucracy to speed delivery of missiles, interceptors and hypersonic systems.
- L3Harris said its Arkansas Advanced Propulsion Facilities will add more than 20 buildings across 110 acres to support medium and large motors and raise large-motor output sixfold.
- The company described Camden as one of the nation’s largest solid rocket motor centers producing thousands of motors annually and said it intends to pursue an IPO of the rocket-motor business in the second half of 2026.
- Hegseth administered enlistment oaths to 40 recruits in Arkansas, bringing tour-ceremony enlistees to more than 260, and his remarks referenced adversaries including Iran as some outlets highlighted rising regional tensions.