L3Harris Awarded $6 Billion Seven-Year Contract to Expand THAAD Missile Defense Propulsion Production

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    "url": "https://satnews.com/2026/09/29/l3harris-awarded-6-billion-seven-year-contract-to-expand-thaad-missile-defense-propulsion-production/",
    "title": "L3Harris Awarded $6 Billion Seven-Year Contract to Expand THAAD Missile Defense Propulsion Production - satnews.com",
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    "excerpt": "On Sept. 29, 2026, defense aerospace contractor L3Harris Technologies received an undefinitized contract valued at over $6 billion from Lockheed Martin. The seven-year award finances a multi-facility manufacturing expansion to scale solid and liquid propulsion production for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile interceptor system. The contract follows a strategic framework agreement established between L3Harris, prime contractor Lockheed Martin, and the U.S. Department of Defense to quadruple production throughput for THAAD propulsion subsystems. Designed to intercept short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats in their terminal phase - both inside and outside the Earth’s atmosphere - the THAAD system serves as a critical tier within the broader United States Ballistic Missile Defense System. Rising global security threats and depleted regional interceptor stockpiles have driven defense procurement agencies to expand manufacturing pipelines for high-altitude missile defense systems. The $6 billion propulsion expansion aligns with parallel industrial investments across L3Harris’ solid rocket motor portfolio, including recent capacity expansion awards for the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) program. Under the seven-year contract, L3Harris will construct specialized manufacturing infrastructure to build THAAD Solid Rocket...",
    "summary": "L3Harris Technologies will construct a dedicated solid rocket boost motor manufacturing facility and expand production lines across its sites in Huntsville, Alabama; Los Angeles, California; and Camden, Arkansas.",
    "location": "Huntsville, Alabama; Los Angeles, California; and Camden, Arkansas",
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    "published_at": "2026-09-29T15:14:15Z",
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    "article_sentence": "To meet the quadrupled output targets, L3Harris will construct a dedicated solid rocket boost motor manufacturing facility while expanding advanced chemical mixing, casing assembly, and DACS fabrication lines across company sites in Huntsville, Alabama; Los Angeles, California; and Camden, Arkansas."
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