L3Harris Wins $250 Million Lockheed Martin GMLRS Propulsion Contract

L3Harris Technologies (LHX ) announced on October 12, 2026, that Lockheed Martin (LMT ) has awarded it a follow-on contract valued at $250 million to manufacture standard-range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) propulsion units.

The contract will be fulfilled within the company’s new 60,000-square-foot Arsenal of Freedom facility in Camden, Arkansas, which is scheduled to open later in 2026. L3Harris said the facility will centralize production with advanced automation and robotics designed to streamline each stage of solid rocket motor manufacturing. The release, datelined Melbourne, Florida, was published under the company’s Missile Solutions segment.

“Securing this follow-on award at the highest quantity in program history demonstrates confidence in L3Harris’ missile propulsion expertise and our ability to deliver at scale,” said Scott Alexander, President, Propulsion Systems, Missile Solutions, L3Harris. Alexander said the company’s investments to expand capacity ahead of need position it to meet the production surge while maintaining quality. The release did not disclose the number of propulsion units or the period of performance covered by the award.

L3Harris said it has doubled GMLRS solid rocket motor output in recent years by leveraging advanced manufacturing techniques and processes, expanding capacity for the U.S. and allied partners. The company said it has produced GMLRS propulsion units for decades as the program’s solid rocket motor provider, crediting its work with delivering the system’s range, reliability and battlefield performance. It also manufactures the system’s electronic safe-and-arm device and proximity sensor, components the company said strengthen precision and reliability.

On its GMLRS capability page, L3Harris states that it is the only company producing both steel- and composite-cased motors for GMLRS. The system fires surface-to-surface rockets and has a range of more than 70 kilometers, according to the company, which states that it has delivered more than 35,000 steel- and composite-cased GMLRS motors. The company describes the system as highly effective in recent combat operations.

Camden GMLRS Facility

The capability page ties construction of the 60,000-square-foot Camden facility to a $215.6 million cooperative agreement the company signed to support increased demand for tactical missiles. L3Harris states the facility will consolidate GMLRS production that previously took place between three buildings, reducing the distance motors travel by 80%. In a December 10, 2025, announcement, the company said the newly constructed Camden facility was funded through a Defense Production Act Title III cooperative agreement and enables annual production capacity to increase by more than 30%.

Prior GMLRS Award and Arkansas Expansion

The new contract follows a separate follow-on production award announced December 10, 2025, valued at up to $200 million, covering GMLRS Insensitive Munition (IM) propulsion units. L3Harris described that award at the time as the largest GMLRS IM contract it had received from Lockheed Martin for a 12-month period of performance. The company said the IM contract would be the first order processed through the newly constructed Camden facility, with energetics work at the 60,000-square-foot Camden site and inert component production at its Advanced Manufacturing Facility-South in Huntsville, Alabama. In the December release, L3Harris said it had increased GMLRS output by nearly 80%, improving delivery quantities and reliability.

The GMLRS work proceeds alongside construction of L3Harris’ Arkansas Advanced Propulsion Facilities campus in Camden, where the company said it broke ground in November 2025. In an October 1, 2026, update, L3Harris said the campus is expected to increase large solid rocket motor capacity six-fold when complete, with more than $1 billion of its multi-billion-dollar solid rocket motor investment designated for the Camden site. The company said construction teams had completed 90% of civil earthwork across more than 20 building pads, with eight new propellant cure ovens slated for installation and the first completed buildings planned for release to production teams in mid-2027. The campus design uses automated process controls and advanced material handling and transportation systems with autonomous mobile robots, which the company said will streamline flow and reduce cycle time. Across its solid rocket motor sites in Alabama, Arkansas and Virginia, the company said it is constructing approximately 60 new facilities and expanding its manufacturing footprint by more than 1 million square feet.