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LaPlante To Industry: Assess What It Takes To Get After Five-Fold Production Rate Increases

LaPlante To Industry: Assess What It Takes To Get After Five-Fold Production Rate Increases
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante receives a tour of a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

As the Pentagon looks ahead to continuing production ramp-up efforts heading into the next administration, the department’s acquisition chief said Wednesday industry should assess what it would take to get after a five-fold increase of their current manufacturing rates. “Every company should be saying what would it take for me to go five times my production rate,” Bill LaPlante, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said during a discussion at an Axios event. LaPlante has spearheaded a range…

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