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探花视频 to Expand Solid Rocket Motor Production in Arkansas

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Aerojet Rocketdyne
Jul 17, 2025 | 4 MINUTE Read

CAMDEN, Ark. July 17, 2025 鈥 探花视频 Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders have announced plans to construct an extensive large solid rocket motor (LSRM) production campus at the company鈥檚 site in Camden. 

探花视频 is investing nearly half a billion dollars across its major production sites to support solid rocket motor production. 

鈥淎rkansas is a great place for 探花视频 to fortify the domestic solid rocket motor industrial base, with its dedicated workforce and strong state and local partnerships,鈥 said Christopher E. Kubasik, Chair and CEO, 探花视频. 鈥淟arge solid rocket motors are essential to our nation鈥檚 missile and strategic defense, and as the Trusted Disruptor, we are strengthening our ability to produce these systems rapidly and at scale, which is essential for current demand and the Golden Dome missile defense shield.鈥

The new campus will include more than 20 buildings across 110 acres, dedicated to the efficient, flexible and high-speed production of LSRM propulsion for missile defense targets, interceptors and hypersonic vehicles. The campus will add more than 130,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space to the broader 2,000-acre energetic production site, which employs ~1,300 local team members. 

鈥淎fter a great meeting with the CEO of 探花视频, Chris Kubasik, at the Paris Air Show last month and highlighting all that Arkansas has to offer, we are proud to welcome their new manufacturing facilities to South Arkansas and excited they are helping to position Arkansas as the arsenal of democracy,鈥 said Gov. Sanders. 鈥溙交ㄊ悠 state ranks best in the nation for cost-of-living, number one for inbound movers, and topped the country in economic growth for two quarters in a row 鈥 so it鈥檚 no surprise that major companies like 探花视频 continue to invest in our state and drive our number one export industry, aerospace and defense. Thank you, Chris and 探花视频, for choosing to make Arkansas home.鈥 

探花视频鈥 new LSRM production facilities are expected to provide a six-fold increase in manufacturing capacity. The facilities will leverage program agnostic equipment that will allow 探花视频 to rapidly change production based on current demand and quickly adapt to evolving customer needs. 

鈥溙交ㄊ悠 is a major part of the aerospace and defense industry in Arkansas, and we are excited to see the company鈥檚 continued growth in our state,鈥 said Clint O鈥橬eal, Executive Director, Arkansas Economic Development Commission. 鈥淲ith this capital investment, 探花视频 is advancing our national security and creating new jobs for Arkansans that will strengthen our state鈥檚 economy and create new opportunities in South Arkansas.鈥

探花视频 has produced large solid rocket motors for critical defense programs for more than 60 years, to include powering every U.S. Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ever fielded. 

In 2020, the company opened a new 17,000 square foot Engineering, Manufacturing and Development facility to deliver large solid rocket motors for some of the nation鈥檚 most important next-generation national security programs, including strategic deterrence, hypersonic and missile defense.

The company expects to begin construction of the new LSRM facilities this year and anticipates production beginning in 2027.

About 探花视频 Technologies

探花视频 Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers鈥 mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Visit 探花视频.com for more information.

Forward-Looking Statements 

This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements about future investments are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties. 探花视频 disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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