A safer country and a stronger arkansas
Senator Tom Cotton has secured billions in defense investments that will:
create thousands of jobs
Have an economic impact of more than a billion annually
Camden
- ~$63M R2S missile factory
- $400M L3Harris advanced propulsion facility
- General Dynamics load, assemble, and pack facility
- Lockheed Martin Munitions Acceleration Center
- Department of War and Lockheed Martin invest billions to boost Patriot missile production
Pine Bluff Arsenal
- Reversed U.S. Army’s plan to downsize; secured expansion
- $2.2B+ Hanwha Defense USA energetics campus
- Passed legislation to expand munitions production
- U.S. Army preliminary plans for graphite purification facility
Benton
- U.S. Vanadium expands investment in Vanadium production for the National Defense Stockpile
Hot Springs
- U.S. Vanadium expands investment in Vanadium production for the National Defense Stockpile
Ebbing ANGB/Fort Smith
- FMS F-35 training mission
- New facilities to house training mission
- $80M in construction contracts
- More than 200 new jobs
Little Rock Air force base
- Passed legislation to secure the future of the C-130 training mission
Senator Tom Cotton has secured billions to transform Arkansas into the Defense Capital of the World
Senator Tom Cotton is fighting to make Arkansas the place where America rebuilds our military
- Expanding investments for munitions production in Camden
- Bringing a new mission to Ebbing that continues to expand
- Expanding the U.S. Army’s investment in Pine Bluff Arsenal through private sector partnerships
- Growing critical mineral capacity across the Natural State
“We will once again hear the sound of freedom in the skies from right here in Arkansas… Additionally, this base will bring amazing economic opportunities to the state [of Arkansas] for decades to come with jobs, businesses, and more.”
2026
- Senator Cotton announces partnership between the U.S. Army and Hanwha Defense USA to build a $2.2 billion+ energetics campus at Pine Bluff Arsenal
- Senator Cotton and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth tour General Dynamics and L3Harris in Camden
- Lockheed Martin breaks ground on new Munitions Acceleration Center in Camden to equip employees to build some of the most advanced air defense systems in the world
- The U.S. Army announces a preliminary lease for a 245- acre commercial-scale graphite purification facility at Pine Bluff Arsenal
- Two construction contracts totaling more than $80 million are awarded to Ebbing ANGB to continue expanding the F-35 training program and Lockheed Martin boosts their employment plan for the program from 110 jobs to 230 jobs
- Senator Cotton secures billions from the Department of War and Lockheed Martin to replenish Patriot missile stockpiles, creating hundreds of new jobs in Calhoun County
2025
- Senator Cotton pushed back on the U.S. Army’s plans to downsize Pine Bluff Arsenal, ultimately stopping the Army’s plans to downsize and potentially close PBA
- Senator Cotton secured legislation in the FY26 NDAA to expand munitions production at Pine Bluff Arsenal and continue the C-130 training mission at Little Rock Air Force Base
- Senator Cotton urged the Trump Administration to boost lithium production in Arkansas
- L3Harris broke ground on a new $400 million advanced propulsion facility to increase large solid rocket motor manufacturing in Arkansas, $193 million of which was spent with Arkansas businesses
- General Dynamics and the U.S. Army opened a new load, assemble, and pack (LAP) facility for 155mm high explosive projectiles in Camden
2024
- Ebbing Air National Guard Base opened new facilities for the international F-35 pilot training program that Senator Cotton helped bring to Arkansas
2023
- Senator Cotton worked with the U.S. Air Force and Fort Smith region to bring a flying mission back to Ebbing ANGB, which resulted in a new FMS mission to train allied pilots that significantly expanded the role of Ebbing in our national defense
- The new mission will bring hundreds of military members and their families to the Fort Smith region and $1 billion in annual economic impact to Arkansas
- R2S announced a new $33 million missile facility that was later increased to ~$63 million in East Camden