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No Estimate From Military Officials On Future Percentage Of Low-Cost Munitions For DoD

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, March 24th, 2026

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No Estimate From Military Officials On Future Percentage Of Low-Cost Munitions For DoD

Pictured is a Zone 5 Technologies' photo of a Jan. 21st test of its "Rusty Dagger" cruise missile.

The Pentagon's recently formed Munitions Acceleration Council, chaired by Deputy Defense Secretary Steven Feinberg, has eyed a doubling or quadrupling of production for about a dozen munitions viewed by the Defense Department as key, including the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot and Precision Strike Missile for the Army, the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile for the Air Force, the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile for the Navy, and the RTX [RTX] Raytheon Standard Missile (SM)-6 for the Navy and Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air…

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