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Pentagon Seeks Missile Production Surge, Targeting Up to Fourfold Increase

The push aims to rebuild depleted stocks to prepare for a potential conflict with China.

The U.S. Marine Corps unveils its Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, to the media on Sept. 20, 2025, at Camp Hansen in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.
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Overview

  • The Wall Street Journal, cited by Newsweek, reports Pentagon officials told missile suppliers to raise output as much as fourfold after meetings with major contractors.
  • Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are exploring extraordinary avenues to accelerate munitions production in partnership with industry.
  • Reporting describes an urgent push covering roughly a dozen systems — including Patriot, SM-6, JASSM, LRASM and PrSM — with some targets calling for about 2.5× growth within 6 to 24 months.
  • Daily Times says Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg is leading a new Munitions Acceleration Council and is conducting weekly check-ins with defense CEOs to track progress.
  • Contractors are hiring and upgrading plants, yet long lead times and strained supply chains — exemplified by SM-6 taking more than two years to build — and potential funding shortfalls flagged by analysts could slow the ramp.