Army races to widen the bottlenecks of artillery shell production

Army races to widen the bottlenecks of artillery shell production

The U.S. Army has started diversifying its supplier base for 155mm artillery shells, moving away from the bottleneck of a single source that has endangered the flow of fresh ammo, according to a top service official.The service is racing toward a goal of shoring up all major single sources that provide parts or materials for 155mm munitions by the end of 2025.“There’s going to be a lot of ribbon cuttings between now and the end of the year,” Dou…