DOD comptroller says munitions production investments will be key theme in FY-24 budget

By Tony Bertuca / December 3, 2022 at 5:46 PM
SIMI VALLEY, CA -- The Pentagon comptroller said today that one of the bigger "themes" in the next defense budget request, spurred by the U.S. response to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, will be a focus on investments for expanding critical munitions production, especially for weapons that could be used in a potential China-Taiwan conflict scenario. “We’re on our way to what you’re going to see in the ’24 budget of another step in industrial base investments,” Mike McCord told...

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