US President, Donald Trump, is set to meet munitions makers at the White House as his administration pushes to expand weapons production after the war on Iran and other conflicts drew down the US arsenal….
US President, Donald Trump, is set to meet munitions makers at the White House as his administration pushes to expand weapons production after the war on Iran and other conflicts drew down the US arsenal.
The United States has supplied large quantities of arms to allies while also firing loads of munitions, raising concerns about inventories of key air-defence and precision-guided weapons.
Wednesday’s meeting marks the second White House gathering with chief executives of major defence firms focused on ramping up weapons production.
A March gathering included CEOs and other officials from BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX Corp, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace and L3Harris Technologies with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The meeting comes as Pentagon negotiators press contractors to move much faster with tentative production agreements struck earlier this year. Demand for air-defence systems has surged among the US and its allies during heightened geopolitical tensions and the US-Israel war on Iran.