President Trump is expected on Wednesday to urge senior defense officials and industry executives to accelerate weapons production and expand manufacturing capacity, citing strains on U.S. stockpiles from the Ukraine and Middle East conflicts and ind

2026-07-15

President Trump is expected on Wednesday to urge senior defense officials and industry executives to accelerate weapons production and expand manufacturing capacity, citing strains on U.S. stockpiles from the Ukraine and Middle East conflicts and industrial bottlenecks. He will attend the closing roundtable of a two-day Defense and Innovation Summit at the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania hosted by Republican Senator McCormick, meeting senior military leaders, defense contractors, investors and tech executives. Trump is expected to announce several Pennsylvania-focused defense investment plans. The move signals a White House push to use Pentagon policy and procurement to spur factory investment, advanced manufacturing and domestic supply-chain development; he previously pressed munitions makers in June to speed production.