Hanwha Defense USA, the U.S. subsidiary of South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace, plans to invest $2.2 billion over seven years to build the Hanwha Advanced Manufacturing Campus at the U.S. Army’s Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas. The facility is expected to create approximately 400 jobs and produce 155mm artillery shell components and propellant charges through a vertically integrated, automated manufacturing system. The company opened a local office at the arsenal on Sept. 21, 2026, marking the first concrete step after being selected in January 2026 as the site’s leaseholder. The project is intended to expand U.S. ammunition capacity, modernize the munitions industrial base and deepen U.S.-South Korea defense cooperation. It will complement Hanwha’s Alabama facilities for K9 wheeled self-propelled howitzer prototypes under the Mobile Tactical Cannon program.