L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has unveiled a major expansion of its Advanced Manufacturing Facility-South in Huntsville, Alabama, backing the move with a $25 million investment that adds 130,000 square feet of production space to one of the company’s most strategically important sites.
The announcement brings L3Harris’s total footprint across its three Huntsville locations to approximately 670,000 square feet, cementing the company’s status as a cornerstone employer in North Alabama’s booming defense and aerospace corridor. The city currently hosts more than half of L3Harris’s solid rocket motor programmes, making it a linchpin of the company’s Missile Solutions division.
Ken Bedingfield, President of Missile Solutions at L3Harris, said the expansion directly responds to accelerating demand from the Department of War for critical munitions. “The additional space allows us to lean forward and surge capacity in a way that directly aligns with the Department of War’s demand for critical munition acceleration,” he said. “Huntsville’s expansion at AMF-South gives us the flexibility we need to grow quickly and continue delivering for our customers.”
Company officials say the enlarged facility is designed to boost manufacturing efficiency, support increased production of advanced defence technologies, and lay the groundwork for further workforce growth in the region. L3Harris is already recruiting across a range of roles at the site, including Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Project Engineering, Quality Assurance, and skilled trades such as Machinists and Composite Technicians.
The Huntsville expansion arrives alongside a separate $495 million contract secured from the US Army for the delivery of communication systems and related services, further underscoring the company’s growing foothold across multiple defence domains simultaneously.
The move fits within a broader period of rapid restructuring and investment at L3Harris. Earlier this year, the company reorganised from four business segments down to three, namely Space and Mission Systems, Communications and Spectrum Dominance, and Missile Solutions, aligning its structure more closely with what executives describe as the demands of modern warfare. April also saw L3Harris close a $1 billion strategic investment from the Department of War into the Missile Solutions unit, with proceeds earmarked for facility modernisation, accelerated research and development, and production capacity expansion across critical national security technologies.