{"id":33680,"date":"2023-10-06T14:35:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/06\/us-army-awards-15b-to-boost-global-production-of-artillery-rounds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:56:55","slug":"us-army-awards-15b-to-boost-global-production-of-artillery-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/govcon\/2023\/10\/06\/us-army-awards-15b-to-boost-global-production-of-artillery-rounds\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army awards $1.5B to boost global production of artillery rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army said it awarded $1.5 billion in contracts to nine companies in the U.S., Canada, India and Poland to boost global production of 155mm artillery rounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last two weeks in September, the service finalized a flurry of contracts that \u201cresourced each major component, material or required production process to maintain momentum for the goal of 80,000 projectiles per month by the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025,\u201d it said in an Oct. 6 statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army officials have recently stated that 155mm artillery munition production will increase to 28,000 per month in October, which is double what the Army was producing at the start of the year. The plan is to build roughly 60,000 a month in FY24, reaching 80,000 by FY25. By FY26, the plan is to build 100,000 a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army has sent more than 2 million 155mm rounds to Ukraine as that country fights off the Russian invasion which began in February 2022 ,and is working to replenish its stockpile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service has already set in motion an expansion to its 155mm shell production<\/a> from two facilities in Pennsylvania to another two facilities in Mesquite, Texas, and in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army conducts the load, assemble and pack process at its Iowa Ammunition Plant, and plans to expand there as well along with other locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t