Project facts
- Decision / announcement date
- 2026-09-10
- Date precision
- day
- Sector
- Aerospace & defense
- Facility action
- Expansion
- Project status
- Announced (operations start 2028)
- Project / facility
- General Atomics new 200,000 sq ft building, Shannon (Vektrex 155mm precision-guided munitions)
Figures & qualifications
- Capital category
- Committed
- Capital scope
- site
- Jobs classification
- New/Direct
- Jobs basis
- 'expected to create 125 jobs in Lee County'
- Statistical exclusion reason
- Expansion band ($50M/100): outside the core $100M/250 statistical series.
General Atomics is investing $87 million in a new 200,000-square-foot building in Shannon, Mississippi, expected to create 125 jobs in Lee County.
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Facility type · Transferred / retained jobs · Construction jobs