Pentatgon Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant that Made Nothing

Pentatgon funded a $533 million artillery plant that made nothing

This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer-prizewinning investigative newsroom. A robot was on fire. Again. It was the summer of

Weapons Maker Was Paid $533M in Taxpayer Funds to Produce Shells. It Made None.

General Dynamics has neither been held publicly accountable nor had to repay any of the money.

The plant for the production of shells for Kiev in Texas did not issue a single suitable one: EADaily

EADaily, August 12th, 2026. Received $ 533 million for the production of shells for Kiev plant in Texas has not issued a single suitable one. This is reported by the publication ProPublica.

Fiasco: Taxpayers funded a $533 million plant that made nothing

A robot was on fire. Again.It was the summer of 2024, and the cutting-edge robots inside General Dynamics’ sweltering artillery factory near Dallas were catching fire with startling regularity, according to four former workers there. This wasn’t ideal, as the plant was supposed to be churning out urgently needed artillery shells for Ukraine. The robots, giant metal arms with clamps for hands, would end up drenched in oil, which would then — no s…

Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire.