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SlothmanAllen

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Just following up on this arms production increase saga as I have posted about it a couple of times recently. Seems the other shoe has dropped today, and the DoD and Raytheon have entered into agreement for increased production of various other weapon systems over the next seven years.

Production Rates:
  • Tomahawk: 1,000+ missiles per year
  • AIM 120 AMRAAM: 1,900 missiles per year
  • SM-6: 500+ missiles per year
  • SM-3 IIA / SM-3 1B: no definitive numbers given.


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Given that some numbers are not exact, I suspect some more contractual wrangling has to happen before exact numbers are determined. Though I imagine all of the stated production goals are within reasonable targets given the seven year timeframe.

Just to recap, over the next seven years production rates for the following missiles will look roughly like below:
  • PAC3: 2,000 missiles per year
  • THAAD: 400 missiles per year
  • PRISM: 2,000 missiles per year
  • JASSM/LRASM: 2,200 (potentially 3,300) missiles per year
  • Tomahawk: 1,000+ missiles per year
  • AIM 120 AMRAAM: 1,900 missiles per year
  • SM-6: 500+ missiles per year
  • SM-3 IIA / SM-3 1B: no definitive numbers given.
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Just following up this post as a slight bit more concrete information has come out regarding planned production rates from the DoD submitting a plan to spend all $152 billion in reconciliation funds FY26. Much of the information remains classified, but on the topline the DoD is looking to spend $25 billion on weapons procurement. This includes:
  • Tomahawk production to 800 per year.
A $250 million boost to the Tomahawk cruise missile program, meanwhile, will increase the “production rate to 800 per year through added capacity and second sourcing,” the plan states.
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  • AGM-183 alive
The reconciliation blueprint laid out $400 million for hypersonic weapons programs, $133 million of which will go to the Air Force’s Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon program to facilitate modified mounting rails on the B-52, among other efforts.
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Somewhat related to my post above, but after months of rumour the B-21 is officially getting a production rate increase due to a large investment from the reconciliation funds. No word on if the goal is now to acquire more airframes then the officially stated 100, but given they are pouring billions into this production rate increase I suspect the fleet will be larger then 100 aircraft.

AFA WARFARE SYMPOSIUM — The Air Force today announced a new agreement with Northrop Grumman to “ramp” production of the in-development B-21 Raider, using $4.5 billion in reconciliation funding to help deliver the bomber by 2027.
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The Air Force also revealed that it expects to have the aircraft “on the ramp at Ellsworth Air Force Base” in South Dakota in 2027.
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The new agreement was previously outlined by Northrop CEO Kathy Warden, who said during a recent earnings call that a contract to expand the stealth bomber’s production should be inked by March. The $4.5 billion spending boost for the B-21 program
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as part of the 2025 reconciliation package will help fund the accelerated production.
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I guess the question now, is what will the yearly construction rate be for the B-21?

Outside of that, with the FY27 reconciliation package potentially being $450 billion, I suspect we would see further pushes to massively increase aircraft (particularly fighter) procurement.
 
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