L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a contract valued at more than $65 million to produce solid rocket motors for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), a combat-proven, long-range guided missile system. L3Harris will fabricate, test and deliver M124 rocket motors, igniters, exit cones and associated components and services as part of the contract. Deliveries are scheduled to run from 2027 through 2028. L3Harris has supported the Army’s ATACMS program for more than 30 years with production centered in Camden, Arkansas. This location annually produces more than 115,000 solid rocket motors of various sizes, supporting a variety of programs, and conducts more than 6,000 hot-fire tests each year. L3Harris is undergoing a major solid rocket motor expansion effort in Camden to meet growing demand, building more than 20 new advanced propulsion facilities. The company also produces ATACMS Arm and Firing Devices at its Cincinnati, Ohio, site.
“L3Harris remains focused on delivering advanced propulsion solutions to meet the needs of the ATACMS program,” said Scott Alexander, President, Missile Propulsion, Missile Solutions, L3Harris. “These contracts demonstrate our ongoing commitment to equip the U.S. Army and allied forces with reliable, combat-proven missile technology that enhances operational readiness.”
The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS /əˈtækəmz/) is a short-range supersonic tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the American defense company Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), and later, through acquisitions, Lockheed Martin. The missile uses solid propellant and is 13 feet (4.0 m) long and 24 inches (610 mm) in diameter, and the longest-range variants can fly up to 190 miles (300 km). It can be fired from the tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and the wheeled M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider that produces products for command and control systems, wireless equipment, tactical radios, avionics and electronic systems, night vision equipment, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems and products, ocean systems, instrumentation, navigation products, training devices and services, and both terrestrial/spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. The company was formed from the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation on June 29, 2019, which made it the sixth-largest defense contractor in the United States.
