Pentagon officials have approached automakers and other manufacturers to help increase weapons production, a practice similar to that during World War II, The Wall Street Journal reports.
According to the outlet, top defense officials spoke with executives at Ford Motor and General Motors about producing weapons and other military supplies.
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The Pentagon is interested in enlisting the companies to use their personnel and factory capacity to increase production of munitions and other equipment as the wars in Ukraine and Iran deplete stocks.
The talks were preliminary and wide-ranging, the people said. Defense officials said American manufacturers might be needed to backstop traditional defense companies and asked whether the companies could rapidly shift to defense work.
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