The Pentagon is in talks with car and manufacturing companies to expand weapon production.

According to reports, the Trump administration hopes that automobile manufacturers and other American manufacturing companies will play a greater role in weapons production, a move reminiscent of practices during World War II. Informed sources revealed that senior officials from the U.S. Department of Defense have held discussions with top executives from several companies about the production of weapons and other military supplies, including General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ford CEO Jim Farley. With ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Iran depleting military stockpiles, the Pentagon is looking to mobilize these companies to utilize their manpower and factory capacity in order to increase the production scale of ammunition and other equipment. Sources say that these discussions are still in the early stages and cover a wide range of topics. Pentagon officials have stated that American manufacturing companies may need to support traditional defense companies and have asked these companies if they can quickly shift production to defense-related products.