Troy Meink
28:24 - 29:05
“this budget leverages existing commercial production capacity and takes full advantage of multiyear procurement for our most critical munitions, totaling 39,000 weapons of all types by FY '33.”
- Speaker
- Troy Meink
- Timestamp
- 28:24 – 29:05
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
Therefore, this budget leverages existing commercial production capacity and takes full advantage of multiyear procurement for our most critical munitions, totaling 39,000 weapons of all types by FY '33. We are also developing weapons almost as capable as our high-end munitions, but at a fraction of the cost and with much higher production rates. I'll note that while the money in this request is essential, time is our most precious resource, and the department will focus on companies that can scale quickly while still broadening the industry base to ensure competition in the future. That leads me to number 3, modernization. The DAF is currently engaged in the broadest program of modernization in its history.
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