The new 71,000-square-foot PAC-3 All Up Round (AUR) II building will be built adjacent to the existing 40,000-square-foot PAC-3 AUR I facility on the Camden campus. The company expects the facility to be completed in early 2010.
Lockheed Martin anticipates that the new facility will allow for continued production expansion and “modest hiring” of new employees over the next several years.
“After a thorough examination of our current PAC-3 production complex, Lockheed Martin determined that the addition of the new PAC-3 AUR II building is vital to maintaining the high levels of quality and capability our customers demand,” said Glenn David Woods, site director of Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control’s Camden operations. “We take great pride here in Camden in playing a pivotal role in producing the world’s most advanced, capable and powerful terminal air defense missile, because it serves our war fighters in their defining moments.”
The Camden campus produces the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher and a family of munitions, including the Guided MLRS Unitary Rocket and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher, which fires MLRS rockets and Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles. Camden also makes the PAC-3 missile, which has been in production since late 2001.
