Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GDOTS) have completed the first test of a new solid rocket motor for GMLRS. Further tests are planned, with qualification planned for 2027, a step toward adding a third U.S. source for the motor.
GDOTS already supplies warheads, rocket motor cases and launch pod containers for the program. Chris Haynes, senior vice president and general manager at GDOTS, called the test “an important milestone in our collaboration with Lockheed Martin to expand solid rocket motor production capacity.”
The GMLRS program has more than 200 suppliers across 35 states, including more than 50 designated as small businesses. “Our team is working tirelessly in close coordination with the Department of War and industry partners like General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems to meet the demand,” said Gaylia Campbell, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Tactical Missiles.
Lockheed Martin marked the delivery and production milestones at its Camden, Arkansas, site, where more than 200 employees support GMLRS production. The company said the site is hiring 50% more employees to support faster production across several munitions programs, including PAC-3 MSE and PrSM.
At least 40 graduating high school students earned full-time jobs in munitions production this year, a record for Lockheed Martin’s high school hiring initiative, now in its fourth year. The company is also helping fund an Industrial Automation and Robotics Lab at the new Defense Manufacturing Center of Excellence at SAU Tech.
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