# L3Harris says its record-quantity GMLRS motor order will be built in an unopened plant Lockheed Martin's $250 million follow-on will be filled in Camden, Ark., at a plant L3Harris is building as part of a Pentagon cooperative agreement. Published 2026-10-12 by TGOs. Canonical: https://tgos.io/news/2026/10/12/l3harris-says-its-record-quantity-gmlrs-motor-order-will/ Lockheed Martin has awarded L3Harris a follow-on contract valued at $250 million to manufacture standard-range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) propulsion units, L3Harris announced Oct. 12.[1] Scott Alexander, L3Harris' president of propulsion systems in Missile Solutions, said the award came "at the highest quantity in program history."[1] L3Harris did not give the number of motors, the contract type, the period of performance or a delivery schedule.[1] The motors will come out of a building that has yet to open. L3Harris says the contract will be fulfilled in its new 60,000-square-foot Arsenal of Freedom facility in Camden, Ark., scheduled to open later this year.[1] In December 2025, the company called its new Camden GMLRS facility "newly constructed."[2] It said then that a GMLRS insensitive-munition motor order valued up to $200 million would be the first processed there.[2] Aerojet Rocketdyne, before L3Harris acquired it, signed a $215.6 million cooperative agreement with the Defense Department to increase rocket propulsion manufacturing capacity, primarily for Javelin, Stinger and GMLRS.[3] L3Harris says it is building the Camden facility as part of that agreement.[4] In December 2025, it said the plant was funded through a Defense Production Act Title III cooperative agreement.[2] L3Harris has delivered more than 35,000 GMLRS motors.[4] It says it has doubled GMLRS motor output in recent years through advanced manufacturing techniques.[1] ## Why it matters The plant's opening is the next marker for this order.[1] L3Harris has said the facility enables annual production capacity to increase by more than 30%.[2] ## Sources 1. L3Harris: L3Harris Awarded Solid Rocket Motor Contract with Record Production (Oct. 12, 2026) 2. L3Harris: L3Harris to Produce Additional Solid Rocket Motors for Precision-Guided Artillery System (Dec. 10, 2025) 3. Aerojet Rocketdyne: Aerojet Rocketdyne Awarded $215.6M to Supplement Ongoing Modernization Efforts and Increase Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Capacity 4. L3Harris: Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS)