Lockheed Martin Puts $300M Into Grand Prairie Missile Plant

Lockheed Martin is spending $300 million to expand missile production at its Grand Prairie plant. The company says the push will add 2,000 jobs in Texas, part of 6,000 new jobs across the United States.

Why it matters

The money goes into an existing Dallas-Fort Worth plant, not a greenfield site. Grand Prairie runs Lockheed’s Missiles and Fire Control work and ships components to final assembly in Camden, Arkansas, and Troy, Alabama. The expansion adds 185,000 sq ft, split between new space and converted offices. For Dallas-Fort Worth contractors and industrial landlords, this is demand tied to federal munitions spending, not population growth.

The numbers

Lockheed’s Oct. 14, 2026 release confirms the figures Dallas Innovates first reported locally. The project adds 100,000 sq ft of new space and converts 85,000 sq ft of offices to manufacturing. That takes the Grand Prairie footprint past 735,000 sq ft. Nearly 800 production employees work at the site today. The company expects to have added nearly 100 new advanced machines across the facility by the end of 2026. Separately, Hadrian, a California manufacturer, will install a 24-machine automated cell inside the plant.

What’s next

The Hadrian cell is expected to be running in early 2027, the clearest near-term milestone. Lockheed has not published a hiring timetable for the 2,000 Texas jobs. It also has not said how many land in Grand Prairie itself, so treat the figure as a statewide target. “Lockheed Martin has brought together commercial speed and combat-proven performance because America needs both,” said Jim Taiclet, the company’s chairman, president and CEO. Watch for city permits or TDLR TABS registrations on the new construction as the next verifiable marker.