Overview
- Lockheed opened ground on an 87,000-square-foot Munitions Production Center, called Building 47, at its Troy, Alabama campus to nearly double the site's current missile manufacturing space.
- The new facility will host production lines for THAAD interceptors and Next Generation Interceptor work and supports Lockheed's plan to sharply raise interceptor output.
- Framework agreements with the Pentagon underpin targets to raise THAAD output to about 400 units a year from roughly 96, expand PAC-3 MSE output to about 2,000 units annually, and quadruple Precision Strike Missile production.
- Lockheed says the buildout is part of an $8 billion to $9 billion investment through 2030, with roughly $1.25 billion already spent, and plans to add about 4,500 frontline workers nationwide while creating new jobs at the Troy site.
- The move follows earlier industry steps such as a January ground-breaking for a Munitions Acceleration Center in Camden, Arkansas, and fits the Defense Department’s shift to multi-year buys and supplier resilience to boost U.S. and allied munitions capacity.