Overview
- Hanwha Defense USA opened an administrative headquarters at Pine Bluff Arsenal in a ribbon-cutting attended by company and state officials, marking the initial, formal step in the project.
- The company says it plans to invest about $2.2 billion over seven years to build the Hanwha Advanced Manufacturing Campus and create roughly 400 jobs in Arkansas.
- Hanwha has said the planned facility will produce 155mm propellant charges and base bleed units, components used in artillery ammunition.
- The project proceeds under a U.S. Army Enhanced Use Lease awarded to Hanwha in January 2026, which lets private firms use underutilized Army land and return revenue the service can reinvest in the installation.
- Officials and coverage frame the campus as part of Hanwha’s wider U.S. expansion and a push to strengthen domestic munitions capacity, but the company has not announced a construction start date or detailed delivery timeline.