"With this decision, we are sending a clear message: our countries are prepared and can use every necessary measure to defend our territory and freedom," the joint statement reads.
Textron Systems received two Army contracts in 2022 for anti-tank munition development and production. Eventually, the service wants to network such top-attack weapons with a bottom-attack landmine, a Textron exec told Breaking Defense.
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
"Once the US companies come on line," Gen. Milley said, "the intent is to outfit the entire heavy force — the Bradleys, the tanks, any future combat vehicles — with active protective systems.”
"It's very encouraging," McCarthy said. "It gives you high confidence in some of these investments we're going to make....We've got these decisions coming up here by the middle of the summer for the POM 20" -- the five-year budget plan (Program Objective Memorandum) for 2020-25.