
The Pentagon is now on track to be able to build 100,000 155mm artillery rounds by 2025, a nearly fourfold increase from current capacity, the department’s acquisition chief said on Friday. The update follows the Army’s recent comments it was aiming for 80,000 rounds per month by that same date, with Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment Bill LaPlante citing the department’s new Joint Production Accelerator Cell (JPAC) as critical to assisting expansion efforts. “We’re being mindful as…