Pentagon shifts to 'war footing': Boeing and RTX ramp up SM-3 missile production for Aegis amid stockpile depletion
🇺🇸 The Pentagon has signed urgent contracts with Boeing and RTX to ramp up production of SM-3 missiles for the Aegis system.
🚀 Reason: During the conflict with Iran, the U.S. lost nearly 80% of its interceptor stockpiles.
⚡️ Michael Duffy announced shifting the industry to a 'war footing'.
📉 Domestic political crisis: Trump clashed with Hegseth over the concealment of real data on ammunition shortages.
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