New Texas Facility to Produce 30,000 Artillery Casings Per Month

The Biden administration is opening a new facility in Mesquite, Texas, that will greatly improve the rate of manufacture for critical munitions used in Ukraine and elsewhere. The plant will be operated by General Dynamics and produce parts for 155-millimeter artillery shells, according to National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. Mr. Kirby told reporters on May 29 that the new facility “will significantly increase our country’s ability to manufacture parts that are used to produce artillery ammunition.” The facility began construction last year and will be operated in part with funds allotted by the $95 billion security supplemental passed by Congress last month “to stand up new production lines as part of a national effort to significantly increase the number of artillery shells that we produce every month,” Mr. Kirby said....