Pentagon Launches Tactical Missile Stockpile Procurement Drive

AIM-120 Amraams

A new approach for multiyear procurements would allow the Defense Department to leverage savings from pooling orders of common components across multiple missile programs, including AIM-120 Amraams.

Credit: Staff Sgt. Magen M. Reeves/U.S. Air Force
U.S. defense officials think the time is right to expand the depth and breadth of the tactical missile stockpile, although how long those efforts will be sustained is a critical question in a sector long familiar with boom-and-bust investment cycles. The Pentagon plans to ramp up production...

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