Lockheed Martin plans to hire workers in western Arkansas to build a part of an airplane tanker, according to a news release. Lockheed Martin has not announced where in western Arkansas the manufacturing would take place. The company currently has a factory in Camden, where 1,030 people work.Employees at the new manufacturing facility would make part of the LMXT, an airborne refueling system, for A330 airlines used by the U.S. Air Force.Arkansans would build the tanker boom. The rest of the manufacturing will take place in Georgia and Alabama.Lockheed Martin receives more money from the U.S. federal government than any other contractor, according to Bloomberg Government. The government's obligations to the company totaled $74.2 billion for fiscal year 2020.Correction: This article originally stated the company plans to hire thousands of workers, citing a press relations worker who has since retracted the statement. It is unknown how many people Lockheed Martin will hire.