Bush: 155mm production expected to reach 55,000 per month by end of summer

Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said this week that the United States is on track to reach a production rate of 55,000 155mm rounds per month by the end of this summer.

The Army has set a goal of reaching 100,000 rounds per month by the end of fiscal year 2025 is it ramps up production in support of Ukraine during its war with Russia. As of February, the service had achieved a rate of 28,000 rounds per month, Secretary Christine Wormuth said at the time.

Bush, speaking at a June 26 event hosted by Politico on the defense supply chain, said he still thinks the Army is on track to meet its 100,000-round per month goal on time.

“We’re on a path to that. We’re going to get to over 55,000 by the end of the summer and ramp from there,” he said.

Bush added the Army has invested $6 billion into its across-the-board industrial investments to support the munitions ramp-up since the Ukraine war started more than two years ago.

“That’s been paired with close to $1 billion in [Defense Production Act] Title III projects. So, we are putting money on the table in the department. We think these are just the right things to do. It’s gotten bipartisan support in most cases,” he said.