L3Harris Secures $400 Million THAAD Contract, Supercharging Arkansas Defense Hub Expansion in the Delta

By The Arkansas Delta Informer Staff

EAST CAMDEN, Ark. – Feb. 21, 2026 –The wins keep coming for L3Harris Technologies and other defense contractors at south Arkansas’s Highland Park industrial complex, further solidifying the 19,000-acre site as a key hub in the Pentagon’s ongoing “Arsenal of Freedom” expansion funded by the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion defense budget.

Earlier this week, L3 Harris announced that it has secured a nearly $400 million contract to manufacture additional solid rocket boost motors and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control Systems (LDACS) for the Missile Defense Agency’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system…

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