L3Harris Technologies plans to expand its Arkansas solid rocket motor production facilities, aiming for a sixfold increase in production. This move comes in response to heightened demand driven by global conflicts.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -L3Harris Technologies plans to expand the size of its Arkansas solid rocket motor production facilities, it said on Thursday, as it seeks a sixfold production increase for large solid rocket motors to meet soaring demand.

L3Harris Technologies has announced plans to construct an extensive large solid rocket motor (LSRM) production campus at the company’s site in Camden. L3Harris is investing nearly half a billion dollars across its major production sites to support solid rocket motor production.