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Wormuth Says Multi-Year Deals ‘Helpful’ To Boosting Munitions Production, Including 155mm Shell Increase

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Wormuth Says Multi-Year Deals ‘Helpful’ To Boosting Munitions Production, Including 155mm Shell Increase
M795 High Explosive (HE) Projectile 155 mm rounds are prepped and staged to conduct field artillery training on Warrior Base, New Mexico Range, Demilitarized Zone, Republic of Korea, March 15, 2015. The training was a part of joint training exercise Foal Eagle 2015 between the U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) Armies. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Thursday new multi-year procurement authorities will be “helpful” to boosting production of critical munitions, including meeting a goal to manufacture 70,000 155mm artillery shells per month by 2025. “I think that’s really helpful because one of the things I know I’ve heard from CEOs, ‘If we’re going to ramp production we need to have a constant demand signal to put our money out there,’” Wormuth told reporters at a Defense Writers Group discussion. “It shows…

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