Taxpayers fund factories Pentagon says contractors should build

(The Center Square) – The Pentagon is asking Congress to approve a new model that expects defense contractors to fund their own factory expansions, while simultaneously handing out $191 million in taxpayer-funded grants to expand those same factories.

Since December 2024, the Pentagon has made nine investments totaling $191 million in the solid rocket motor industrial base through the Defense Production Act's Title III authority, using grants and co-investments to boost production of missiles and rocket motors the military says are in short supply.