Linchpin of the Defense Industry, Camden Eyes Future Growth
Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin are investing millions in their Camden operations; community stakeholders say more must be done to help them attract employees. read more >
Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin are investing millions in their Camden operations; community stakeholders say more must be done to help them attract employees. read more >
Montrose Environmental Group Inc. of North Little Rock names John Jackson as chief information officer, effective immediately. read more >
Not many people know about Farnborough, England. But to those in the aerospace and defense industry, it’s an important city that hosts one of the largest global airshows every other year. read more >
As GM and CEO of the 7,000-member electric co-op, Mark Cayce was an early solar adopter in tandem with defense contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne read more >
Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne — part of the 3,500-strong defense workforce at Highland Industrial Park near Camden – is expanding and responding to a war-torn world. read more >
Lockheed said it scrapped the plan “in the wider interest of shareholders.” read more >
The acquisition would limit competition and drive up prices for missile components, regulators say. read more >
Two top defense contractors are converging in East Camden, and company leaders and local officials are listening for the boom. read more >
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the value of the biggest deals in Arkansas last year jumped 157%, from $7.9 billion in 2019 to $20.3 billion in 2020, pushed largely by Walmart’s sales of stakes in two subsidiaries, Asda Group and Seiyu. read more >
Lockheed Martin is buying rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings for $4.4 billion in a deal that brings together companies that already had been working together in the aeronautics industry. read more >
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s new large solid rocket motor manufacturing facility is officially open, the Arkansas Department of Commerce announced late Tuesday. read more >
The advanced energy economy is an increasingly important economic engine in Arkansas. read more >
Heather Nelson of Seal Solar Solutions of North Little Rock and other renewable energy companies are pushing businesses interested in solar power to act now, before federal investment tax credits begin sunsetting at the end of the year. read more >
Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO Eileen Drake and Gov. Asa Hutchinson celebrated the defense contractor's new facility designed to help Aerojet compete for a spot in the Pentagon's overhaul of America's ground-based nuclear missile defenses. read more >
As CEO of Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corp. in Camden, Mark Cayce has seen the light, and it is solar. He has made sun power a cornerstone of innovative programs serving a high-tech corner of Arkansas: the defense manufacturing cluster in East Camden, home to a 12-megawatt solar array that was the largest in the state when it was built three years ago. read more >
South Arkansas’ march toward solar power got another nudge Friday when Southern Arkansas University Tech in Camden broke ground on a 1-megawatt array to generate more than two-thirds of the campus’ electricity. read more >
Aerojet Rocketdyne cites area’s big defense tradition as it goes for ICBM contract. read more >
Aerojet Rocketdyne of Sacramento, California, which makes solid rocket motors at the Highland Industrial Park in East Camden, said Wednesday that it will expand its operations at its 1,200-acre facility there, adding 141 jobs over the next three years. read more >
Donald J. Trump won the presidency after a campaign largely negative to renewable sources like solar and wind power, but forces in favor of cleaner power could prove even bigger than The Donald. read more >
There’s nothing new under the sun? A quick glance around Arkansas, where solar power projects are popping up all over, shows just the opposite. read more >
