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Lockheed Martin Restarts Army Missile Manufacturing Line In Arkansas After Two-Year Hiatus

Wednesday, March 30th, 2016

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Lockheed Martin Restarts Army Missile Manufacturing Line In Arkansas After Two-Year Hiatus

The launch of an Advanced Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) unit. Photo: Lockheed Martin

After two years, Lockheed Martin [LMT] has restarted the Tactical Missile System (TACMS) production line at in Camden, Ark., that will build the surface-to-surface missiles for the Army and foreign military sales customers.TACMS, previously called the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, for 20 years were built at the company's facility in Horizon City near El Paso, Texas.To consolidate all of Lockheed Martin's Precision Fires missile and rocket production, and to save cost, the line was temporarily closed beginning in 2014 while…

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