Wittman urging Army to pivot from original plan for Texas ammo plant

Wittman urging Army to pivot from original plan for Texas ammo plant

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) is urging the Army to truncate its current plan to produce 155mm artillery projectiles at a government-owned, contractor-operated plant in Mesquite, TX, with the plant having not produced a shell nearly two years after opening. The facility, operated by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, is part of the Army’s overall strategy to ramp up 155mm shell production to a rate of 100,000 shells per month -- a rate th…