# Lockheed Martin adds $300M and about 2,000 Texas jobs at its Grand Prairie munitions plant

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Date: 14 Oct 2026
About: [Lockheed Martin](https://technooptimist.io/companies/lockheed-martin.md)
Original source: https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2026-10-14-Lockheed-Martin-Expands-Advanced-Munitions-Manufacturing-in-Texas,-Driving-Thousands-of-New-American-Jobs

Lockheed Martin is expanding its Grand Prairie, Texas missile plant to more than 735,000 square feet, with $300 million going into the site. The plant supports all of the company's Missiles and Fire Control programs and feeds final assembly in Arkansas and Alabama.

## Key facts

- Grand Prairie supports PAC-3 MSE, THAAD, PrSM and JATM; the article does not say PAC-3 MSE is the item built there
- Lockheed plans $8–9 billion through 2030 to scale munitions output and modernise or expand more than 20 US facilities
- The company counts 6,000 new US jobs, including 2,000 in Texas; nearly 800 production staff already work at Grand Prairie
- Almost 100 more advanced machines are due at the site by the end of 2026; more than 30 high-precision machines are installed
- Hadrian's 24-machine automated machining cell is due online in early 2027, under a seven-year agreement signed in 2025

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