Trump to Meet Defense Executives to Press for Increased Missile Production as Stockpiles Dwindle

President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet leaders of roughly seven defense companies at the White House later this week to press them to increase production of missiles and other munitions for the Pentagon. Two people familiar with the meeting said Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg is also expected to attend.

The president has expressed anger to aides and allies over thinning American stockpiles, the same people said.

U.S. Army helicopter Tuesday and launched new attacks in Iran in response. “We’re going to be attacking them, attacking them very hard,” he said.

The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment. U.S. stockpile has been dwindling since military aid to Ukraine began after Russia’s 2022 invasion.

U.S. Strikes on Iran last June called Midnight Hammer and the start of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, 2026. NBC News reported in May that the Pentagon has not signed any new multiyear contracts to buy additional missiles since Trump took office.

The department has entered framework agreements, but none include firm production commitments, according to officials and defense firm representatives. Production now underway is tied to contracts signed years ago, two other people familiar with the contracts said. The Center for Strategic and International Studies found earlier this year that the United States is running low on weapons overall.

U.S. held about 3,100 Tomahawk missiles before the Iran conflict and has used 1,000 or more. Even if new contracts were signed today, CSIS said, new Tomahawks would take more than three years to reach the stockpile.