Lockheed Martin Opens Advanced Hypersonic Strike Production Facility

Lockheed Martin has established 65,000-square-foot Hypersonic Missile Assembly Building 4 (MAB 4), an advanced production facility in Courtland, Alabama, focused on hypersonic strike production.

Capitalizing on critical digital factory capabilities to deliver this technology, the corporation is working closely with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to deliver new 21st-century warfare capabilities.

The second Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) production facility onsite, this location integrates critical digital transformation advancements such as robotic thermal protection application capabilities, smart torque tools and mixed-reality capabilities for training and virtual inspections. The machines in this facility also will connect to the company's Intelligent Factory Framework early next year, which digitally links production facilities and assets across the Lockheed Martin enterprise to help enable unprecedented insights into the health, status and optimization of operations.

The Courtland site houses one of four transformational manufacturing facilities Lockheed Martin is opening in the United States within one year.

The programs produced at this site support several U.S. military branches and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, including CPS, Long Range Hypersonic Weapon and the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon.