L3Harris plans to build a facility for THAAD solid rocket boost motors and expand capacity for its liquid divert and attitude controls. The award follows a framework agreement with the U.S. Department of War announced earlier this year to quadruple THAAD propulsion production.
“Our planned facility expansions, along with ongoing investments across our propulsion portfolio, will ensure we remain ready to support the nation’s most important missile defense missions and continue to enable a wartime footing,” said Ken Bedingfield, president of Missile Solutions at L3Harris. “L3Harris is proud to partner with Lockheed Martin to significantly scale production of these vital interceptors, providing warfighters with the reliable, proven capabilities they need to defeat a range of threats,” he added.
The company said the THAAD award and a recently released PAC-3 MSE propulsion contract were consistent with its previously announced expectations for both programs. THAAD is designed to intercept short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles inside or outside Earth’s atmosphere.
L3Harris said THAAD has achieved a 100% intercept success rate in flight tests since production began. The release did not specify production quantities under the new contract.
