Overview
- Hanwha Defense USA opened an on-site administration office at the U.S. Army Pine Bluff Arsenal as the initial step toward a planned munitions manufacturing campus.
- The company says the campus represents a roughly $2.2 billion private capital investment and would create close to 400 jobs over a multi-year build-out.
- Planned production at the site will focus on 155mm propellant charges and base bleed units, which are components used to build and extend the range of artillery munitions.
- The Army awarded Hanwha a lease solicitation for the Pine Bluff site and federal and state officials welcomed the project for its potential to generate lease revenue and local economic activity.
- Hanwha and officials have not released a timeline for factory construction and key implementation steps such as permitting, environmental reviews, and supply-chain partners remain to be announced.