{"id":33329,"date":"2023-01-26T00:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T00:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/26\/with-demand-high-in-ukraine-us-army-ramps-up-artillery-production\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:39:02","slug":"with-demand-high-in-ukraine-us-army-ramps-up-artillery-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/govcon\/2023\/01\/26\/with-demand-high-in-ukraine-us-army-ramps-up-artillery-production\/","title":{"rendered":"With demand high in Ukraine, US Army ramps up artillery production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army is rapidly moving to expand its domestic production capacity of 155mm artillery shells<\/a>, according to the Army\u2019s acquisition chief<\/a>, as Ukraine uses thousands daily fending off Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. defense officials said last year Ukrainians expended roughly 3,000 rounds a day, while a Pentagon fact sheet <\/a>issued this week said the U.S. government has already sent over 1 million 155mm rounds to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the war in Ukraine, the U.S. could build about 14,400 155mm artillery shells a month. But as Ukrainian forces burn through the ammunition for howitzers<\/a> sent to the country, the U.S. is hoping to ramp up production to roughly 90,000 shells a month, according to a New York Times report this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army acquisition chief Doug Bush, in a Jan. 25 press conference, did not detail the Army\u2019s production goals, but said the Army wants to expand production at facilities that build the outside shell as well as those focused on packing explosives and producing fuzes and charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\t