Overview
- Defense officials and L3Harris announced on July 27 that the company has framework agreements with the Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin to expand production of PAC‑3 MSE and THAAD propulsion systems over seven years.
- The agreements cover key PAC‑3 MSE parts — the two‑pulse solid rocket motor, Attitude Control Motors, and the Lethality Enhancer — and the THAAD boost motor plus its Liquid Divert and Attitude Control System.
- L3Harris said the deals will allow it to nearly triple output for certain PAC‑3 propulsion products and substantially increase THAAD component production, with definitive contract awards and funding expected to be finalized later in 2026.
- To support the ramp, L3Harris has upgraded its Camden, Arkansas plant and is investing across roughly 60 new or expanded facilities and nearly one million square feet of production and office space in Arkansas, Alabama, and Virginia.
- Pentagon leaders framed the agreements as a move to repair a fragile domestic solid‑rocket‑motor industrial base, to send clear demand signals to suppliers, and to complement further planned industrial‑base funding and supplier development.