The US Army has awarded L3Harris a $65-million contract to produce rocket motors for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).
Under the deal, the company will work on the motors and related components for ATACMS, including M124 motors, igniters, and exit cones. Deliveries are scheduled from 2027 to 2028.
The system supports long-range precision strike missions and has been a core element of US Army deep-fire capabilities for decades.
Scott Alexander, president of missile propulsion at L3Harris, said the firm remains focused on sustaining production capacity for ATACMS while supporting both US and allied requirements.
L3Harris has worked on the ATACMS program for more than 30 years, with production centered at its Camden, Arkansas, facility. This site produces large volumes of solid rocket motors annually and conducts thousands of hot-fire tests as part of qualification and quality assurance processes.
Additional ATACMS-related components are produced in Cincinnati, Ohio, where L3Harris manufactures arm and firing devices used in missile operations.
ATACMS Orders Expand
Interest in the ATACMS has broadened beyond US forces as allied procurement has accelerated in recent years.
Ukraine is among the countries using US-supplied ATACMS systems. However, in March, reports indicated that Ukrainian forces had exhausted their stock of these missiles, which are critical for conducting long-range strikes against Russian positions.
In November 2024, Taiwan received the first batch of ATACMS it ordered in 2020.
Earlier, in July 2024, five countries — Morocco, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland — placed orders for an undisclosed number of ATACMS missiles from the US under a deal valued at $227 million.
