L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Announces $1 Billion Expansion to Boost Solid Rocket Motor Production in Orange County, Virginia

Published: 2026-04-15 15:05:26 ET LHX

Published on 04/15/2026 at 03:05 pm EDT

L3Harris Technologies, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the Orange County Board of Supervisors have announced an agreement to further expand L3Harris? solid rocket motor production capacity at its site in Orange County with the creation of the Virginia Advanced Propulsion Facilities (VAPF).

The more than $1 billion expansion project, which builds on a previously announced expansion at the Orange County site, is expected to more than double the manufacturing space and create more than 350 jobs over the next five years. L3Harris plans to construct new facilities at the site to support key solid rocket motor production operations spanning multiple Department of War programs. The VAPF will support company operations such as mixing, grinding, casting and final assembly. L3Harris?

site in Virginia currently has 256,000 square feet of manufacturing space and serves as the company?s Center of Excellence for Propellant Research and Small to Medium-sized Solid Rocket Motor Production. L3Harris is also modernizing and expanding solid rocket motor production at its sites in Camden, Arkansas, and Huntsville, Alabama. The company?s ongoing investments in new facilities, equipment and processes will enable it to double, triple and quadruple solid rocket motor production rates for a range of key programs.