Senior U.S. defense officials have held talks about producing weapons and other military supplies with top executives ?of companies including General Motors, GE Aerospace and Ford Motor. The preliminary and wide-ranging talks, which commenced before the war with Iran, come as the White House wants automakers and other American manufacturers to play a ?larger role in weapons production, the ?Wall Street Journal reports. The Pentagon is interested in enlisting the companies to use their personnel and factory capacity to boost production of munitions and other equipment as the wars in Ukraine and Iran deplete stocks. The Defense Department “is committed to rapidly expanding the defense industrial base by leveraging all available commercial solutions and technologies to ensure our warfighters maintain a decisive advantage,” a Pentagon official said.
