Overview
- The groundbreaking for an 87,000-square-foot Munitions Production Center at Troy, Alabama, took place May 21, 2026 and will nearly double the plant’s manufacturing footprint for THAAD interceptors and future Next Generation Interceptor work.
- Lockheed has signed multiyear framework agreements that aim to raise annual outputs to about 400 THAAD interceptors, roughly 2,000 PAC-3 MSE interceptors, and quadruple Precision Strike Missile production, commitments that underpin the factory buildout.
- The company plans to invest roughly $8 billion to $9 billion through 2030 to expand or modernize more than 20 U.S. facilities and has already spent about $1.25 billion on early work and site upgrades.
- Lockheed says the program will create hundreds of jobs at Troy and about 4,500 frontline positions nationwide while the firm coordinates nearly 750 U.S.-based suppliers to fix bottlenecks across the supply chain.
- Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Duffy attended the ceremony and credited multiyear procurement deals for enabling private capital spending, though final contracts and congressional funding approval tied to the fiscal 2027 process remain to be secured.