Lockheed invests $300M in Texas plant to feed missile surge

Lockheed Martin is investing $300 million to expand its plant in Grand Prairie, Texas, which supports all programs across its Missiles and Fire Control business, including the PAC-3 MSE and THAAD interceptors, the Precision Strike Missile and the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile.

The company said Oct. 14 that the expansion will help the plant reach record production levels and deliver components to final-assembly sites, including Camden, Arkansas and Troy, Alabama.

The project expands the plant’s manufacturing footprint to more than 735,000 square feet. The expansion adds 100,000 square feet of new space and converts 85,000 square feet of office space into factory floor space for automated, high-precision machining.

Nearly 800 production employees work at the plant, which produced 250,000 parts in 2025. Lockheed said it has added more than 30 high-precision machines in recent months and expects to install nearly 100 additional machines by the end of 2026.

Lockheed also said Hadrian, a California-based manufacturing startup, will install 24 automated machines at the Grand Prairie facility to produce missile parts. Lockheed employees will operate the equipment, which is expected to be up and running by early 2027. The project follows a memorandum of understanding the two companies signed in December 2025.

“The warfighter can’t wait on peacetime timelines,” Hadrian CEO Chris Power said in the release. “Rebuilding the Arsenal of Freedom at the scale America needs will take partnerships that combine expertise and speed, and this is what that looks like.”

The buildout supports a series of framework agreements the Defense Department has signed with Lockheed since January, designed to boost missile production and lead to long-term contracts. The first aims to increase PAC-3 MSE production from about 600 to roughly 2,000 interceptors per year over seven years.

The Army followed with a $4.7 billion contract in April, then converted it in July into a seven-year production contract worth about $58.6 billion in total.

A separate THAAD framework , signed in January, led to a June contract from the Missile Defense Agency worth more than $35 billion to quadruple interceptor production. Lockheed and the Pentagon announced similar agreements for the Precision Strike Missile on March 25 and for the AIM-260 on Sept. 17.

“Lockheed Martin has brought together commercial speed and combat-proven performance because America needs both,” said Jim Taiclet, Lockheed’s chairman, president and CEO. “By combining advanced technology with the expertise of our American workforce, we’re transforming manufacturing to deliver critical munitions at speed and scale.”

“This expansion is more than just a new facility; it is a stronger supply chain and a more resilient industrial base,” said Michael Duffey, the Pentagon’s undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment.

The Grand Prairie investment is part of Lockheed’s plan to spend $8 billion to $9 billion through 2030 to increase munitions production and modernize or expand more than 20 U.S. facilities. The company said it plans to create 6,000 jobs nationwide, including 2,000 in Texas.

Michael Scanlon is a defense journalist covering air and space warfare. A former U.S. Air Force A-10 crew chief, he has supported land and sea programs for the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

洛克希德·马丁公司投资 3 亿美元扩建其位于德克萨斯州大草原城的工厂，该工厂为其导弹和火控业务的所有项目提供支持，包括 PAC-3 MSE 和 THAAD 拦截器、精确打击导弹和 AIM-260 联合先进战术导弹。

该公司于 10 月 14 日表示，此次扩建将帮助工厂达到创纪录的生产水平，并将零部件运送到包括阿肯色州卡姆登和阿拉巴马州特洛伊在内的最终组装地点。

该项目将工厂的生产占地面积扩大到超过73.5万平方英尺。此次扩建新增了10万平方英尺的空间，并将8.5万平方英尺的办公空间改造成用于自动化、高精度加工的厂房空间。

该工厂拥有近 800 名生产员工，2025 年生产了 25 万个零件。洛克希德公司表示，近几个月来，该公司已新增 30 多台高精度机器，并预计到 2026 年底还将安装近 100 台机器。

洛克希德公司还表示，总部位于加利福尼亚州的制造初创公司Hadrian将在格兰德普雷里工厂安装24台自动化机器，用于生产导弹部件。这些设备将由洛克希德公司的员工操作，预计将于2027年初投入使用。该项目是两家公司于2025年12月签署谅解备忘录后启动的。

“作战人员不能再等和平时期的时间表了，”哈德良首席执行官克里斯·鲍尔在新闻稿中表示。“重建美国所需的自由武器库规模，需要结合专业知识和速度的伙伴关系，而这正是这种伙伴关系的体现。”

此次扩建项目旨在支持国防部自今年1月以来与洛克希德·马丁公司签署的一系列框架协议，这些协议旨在提升导弹产量并促成长期合同。首项协议的目标是在七年内将PAC-3 MSE拦截导弹的年产量从约600枚提高到约2000枚。

陆军随后在 4 月份签订了一份价值 47 亿美元的合同，然后在 7 月份将其转换为一份总价值约 586 亿美元的七年生产合同。

今年1月签署的另一项“萨德”框架协议促成了导弹防御局6月份一份价值超过350亿美元的合同，用于将拦截导弹的产量提高四倍。洛克希德·马丁公司和五角大楼分别于3月25日和9月17日宣布了类似的协议，涉及精确打击导弹和AIM-260导弹。

洛克希德·马丁公司董事长、总裁兼首席执行官吉姆·泰克莱特表示：“洛克希德·马丁公司将商业速度与实战验证的性能相结合，因为美国两者都需要。通过将先进技术与我们美国员工的专业技能相结合，我们正在变革制造业，以快速、大规模地交付关键弹药。”

“此次扩建不仅仅是新建一座设施；它还意味着更强大的供应链和更具韧性的工业基础，”五角大楼负责采购和保障的副部长迈克尔·达菲表示。

洛克希德·马丁公司位于格兰德普雷里的投资是其2030年前投资80亿至90亿美元计划的一部分，该计划旨在提高军火产量，并对20多家美国工厂进行现代化改造或扩建。该公司表示，计划在全美创造6000个就业岗位，其中2000个位于德克萨斯州。

迈克尔·斯坎伦是一位报道空天战的国防记者。他曾是美国空军A-10攻击机的机组长，并为美国陆军、海军、海军陆战队和海岸警卫队的陆地和海上项目提供支持。