President Donald Trump says U.S. defense manufacturing companies have agreed to “quadruple production” of “‘Exquisite Class’ Weaponry” amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.
“We just concluded a very good meeting with the largest U.S. Defense Manufacturing Companies where we discussed Production and Production Schedules. They have agreed to quadruple Production of the ‘Exquisite Class’ Weaponry in that we want to reach, as rapidly as possible, the highest levels of quantity,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday afternoon.
“Expansion began three months prior to the meeting, and Plants and Production of many of these Weapons are already under way,” Trump said.
The announcement comes just six days after the U.S. launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran, targeting the nation’s military infrastructure and weapons capabilities.
“We have a virtually unlimited supply of Medium and Upper Medium Grade Munitions, which we are using, as an example, in Iran, and recently used in Venezuela,” Trump said, referring to the U.S. capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro in January.
“Regardless, however, we have also increased Orders at these levels,” the president continued.
The manufacturing companies represented at Thursday’s meeting include “CEOs of BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace, L3Harris Missile Solutions, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon,” according to Trump, who added that another meeting is scheduled to take place in two months.
The Trump administration is focused on restoring weapons stockpiles following the launch of the operation in Iran and other recent conflicts.
The president has placed pressure on manufacturing companies to produce more weapons faster, a message Secretary of War Pete Hegseth championed during his Arsenal of Freedom Tour, which concluded on the eve of the U.S. attack on Iran.
“The technology that you build for our missiles, interceptors, and hypersonic weapons is what allows the War Department to achieve peace through strength,” Hegseth told about 1,500 employees of L3Harris, a major American technology and defense company that builds weapons, a week ago.
“And that mission,” Hegseth said, “comes with a non-negotiable mandate from the War Department, straight from the Resolute Desk and President [Donald] Trump: Build more and build faster.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
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