CAMDEN, ARKANSAS JOBS - Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company will be expanding it’s center of excellence in Camden, Arkansas, investing $142 million and adding hundreds of jobs. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson was at the International Air Show in Paris, France yesterday. He was among several Lockheed-Martin officials as he made this announcement via a Faceboook cellphone video.
Lockheed-Martin currently employs approximately 700 people at the Camden, Arkansas facility. The company’s plan to hire 326 new employees over the next few years will bring that number up to more
than 1,000. The Lockheed Martin center of excellence produces the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and performs assembly for Integrated Air and Missile Defense products for U.S. and allied military services. According to an Arkansas Economic Development Commission report- “aircraft/spacecraft” was the state’s largest export in 2017, with the majority of those products being sold to France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Hiring has begun for the new jobs in Camden and construction on the facilities, set to begin in August, is expected to be completed by 2022.
