U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cupboard assembly with U.S. Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth on the White Home in Washington, D.C., U.S., Dec. 2, 2025.
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President Donald Trump met Friday afternoon with CEOs of main protection trade corporations on the White Home because the warfare in opposition to Iran ended its first full week.
After the assembly, Trump mentioned in a social media publish that “we mentioned Manufacturing and Manufacturing Schedules” and “they’ve agreed to quadruple Manufacturing of the ‘Beautiful Class’ Weaponry in that we wish to attain, as quickly as doable, the very best ranges of amount.”
Trump didn’t clarify what he meant by “Beautiful Class Weaponry.” The time period is used within the protection trade to explain one-of-a-kind know-how or methods.
Trump mentioned the assembly included CEOs of BAE Techniques, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX Company, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace and L3Harris Applied sciences‘ Missile Options.
Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth additionally attended the assembly.
“Enlargement started three months previous to the assembly, and Crops and Manufacturing of many of those Weapons are already below manner,” Trump mentioned on Fact Social.
“We now have a nearly limitless provide of Medium and Higher Medium Grade Munitions, which we’re utilizing, for example, in Iran, and lately utilized in Venezuela. Regardless, nonetheless, we have now additionally elevated Orders at these ranges,” the president mentioned.
White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, in an announcement earlier than the closed-door assembly, mentioned, “The US army has greater than sufficient munitions, ammo, and weapons stockpiles to proceed demolishing the Iranian regime and obtain the objectives of Operation Epic Fury.”
The White Home has been on the defensive after information stories detailing considerations about low provide of each munitions and anti-missile defenses if the Iran warfare drags on.
“Nonetheless, President Trump has at all times been intensely centered on strengthening our army, which is why this assembly with protection contractors was scheduled weeks in the past,” Leavitt mentioned.
“The President will proceed to name on these US corporations to extra speedily construct American-made weapons, that are the very best on this planet,” she mentioned.
