AerospacePine Bluff, ArkansasAnnouncement date · Sep 21, 2026

Hanwha Advanced Manufacturing Campus at Pine Bluff Arsenal

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Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA) announced a $2.2 billion capital investment to establish the Hanwha Advanced Manufacturing Campus on 1,065 acres at the U.S. Army Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas — described as the first munitions manufacturing facility of its kind in the United States, producing 155mm propellant charges and base bleed units. The Phase 1 administrative headquarters is already open; full construction runs to 2030 with operations beginning in 2031. Sources describe "nearly 400 jobs over a seven-year period, with an average wage exceeding $50 per hour," but because that figure is imprecise and phased, AFT records jobs_created as undisclosed (null) per methodology rather than committing to a specific permanent-jobs count.

Investment
$2.20B
Permanent jobs announced
Jobs not announced
Status
Under Construction
Expected opening
2031
Why this project qualifies

With $2.2 billion in facility-specific investment, this project clears AFT's $100 million investment threshold (AFT includes any project meeting $100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.

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Why it matters

The aerospace context.

US aerospace demand is being driven simultaneously by record commercial-aircraft backlogs and a Department of Defense modernization cycle covering bombers, ICBMs, submarines, and hypersonics. Most projects in this category are constrained by skilled-labor availability — welders, composite technicians, machinists — rather than by capital.

Project record

At a glance

Company
Hanwha Defense USA
Industry
Aerospace
Location
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Investment
$2.20B
Permanent jobs announced
Jobs not announced
Status
Under Construction
Announced
Sep 21, 2026
Expected opening
2031
Added to tracker
Sep 23, 2026
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