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Luckily, we have many, [that are] highly capable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to the war in Ukraine, the U.S. could build about 14,400 of the artillery shells per month. But as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2023\/01\/26\/with-demand-high-in-ukraine-us-army-ramps-up-artillery-production\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Ukrainian forces burn through the ammunition<\/a> for howitzers sent to the country, the U.S. has taken a wide variety of steps to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/2023\/03\/28\/us-army-eyes-six-fold-production-boost-of-155mm-shells-used-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">increase the speed and capacity of 155mm munitions production<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bush said at CSIS that each 155mm shell contains 22 pounds of explosives. If the U.S. ramps up to 100,000 munitions a month, it would need to produce 26.4 million pounds of explosives, also known as \u201cenergetics,\u201d per year to keep up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army awarded $1.5 billion in contracts to nine companies in the fall of 2023 to companies in the U.S., Canada, India and Poland to boost global production of 155mm artillery rounds. The contracts included procuring 14.2 million pounds of bulk energetics, consisting of TNT and IMX-104 explosive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Increasing production is also riding on Congress approving a pending supplemental budget request which aims to support Ukraine and Israel. The supplemental includes $600 million that would triple the amount of IMX-104 explosive that is made at Holsten Army Ammunition Plant in Tennessee. The plant produces roughly five million pounds a year with a plan to increase to 13 million pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another $93 million would upgrade facilities to reestablish M6 propellant production at Radford Army Ammunition Plant in southwest Virginia. That propellant is used to shoot the shells, but is no longer in production in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An additional $14 million would cover the construction and recommissioning of a black powder \u2013 an explosive combination of sulphur, carbon and potassium nitrate \u2013 production line with a company called Goex in Minden, Louisiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taking on TNT<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army would also use $650 million to design and construct a domestic TNT production facility, which will likely be at Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Bush has said previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently there is no TNT production in the U.S. and the supplies come from allies such as Australia and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poland is a major supplier, but with every country ramping up production to support Ukraine and meet their own demands, Bush noted late last year, the U.S. will need to onshore TNT production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army issued a request for information in the fall of 2023 on Sam.gov for the design, construction and commissioning of a facility capable of producing five million pounds of TNT per year. Responses from industry are due Feb. 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is aiming to complete construction and open the facility no later than 48 months after awarding a contract. 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