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| In March, President Trump met with executives from seven defense contractors (Photo: Reuters) |
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) has held preliminary discussions with senior officials from major companies, including General Motors, Ford Motor, GE Aerospace and Oshkosh, regarding the production of weapons and military equipment.
According to the British news agency Reuters, these extensive contacts began before the start of the war in Iran. The Trump administration wants U.S. automakers and other manufacturers to play a greater role in weapons production, along with traditional defense contractors.
Defense officials have asked companies if they can quickly shift to defense manufacturing.
A Pentagon official told Reuters that the Defense Department is “committed to using all commercially available solutions and technologies to rapidly expand the defense industrial base so that the U.S. military can maintain a decisive advantage.”
In March, President Trump met with executives from seven defense contractors as the Pentagon works to ramp up production of equipment used in U.S. strikes on Iran and other recent military operations.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Israel’s military operations in Gaza have depleted the U.S. stockpile of billions of dollars worth of weapons, including artillery systems, ammunition, and anti-tank missiles.
Amid the ongoing U.S. war with Iran, President Trump this month requested a massive $500 billion increase in the military budget, bringing the budget to $1.5 trillion..
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