Disaster Looms After Attacking Iran, Trump Gathers US Missile-Industry Chiefs
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – United States President Donald Trump is reported to be planning an urgent White House meeting on Friday, 6 June 2026, with executives from the largest defence contractors in the United States. The main agenda is to discuss expediting large-scale weapons production at an accelerated pace. The move comes amid strenuous Pentagon efforts to replenish ammunition stocks that have been depleted. Five sources familiar with the plan told Reuters that the meeting is a direct response to dwindling stockpiles following military strikes on Iran and several other operations recently.
Defence industry giants such as Lockheed Martin and RTX, the parent company of Raytheon, have made the invite list. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, stressed that the discussions are highly confidential given their link to sensitive national security strategy.
The core objective is to pressure weapon manufacturers to boost their production capacity far beyond usual schedules. The US government wants to ensure that the military supply chain does not run dry amid rising global geopolitical tensions.
To date, Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon, and the White House have not provided official comment. Meanwhile, RTX declined to comment on the invitation. However, Trump, in a post on social media, has signalled a hard line on American military ambitions.
“There is an almost unlimited supply of US munitions and war can go on forever, and with great success, merely by using this supply,” Trump asserted in a post on Monday.
The urgency to reinforce stockpiles arises from the startling fact that the Iran conflict has consumed long-range missiles far more than the weapons aid sent to Ukraine. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and operations in Gaza, the US has drained stockpiles of weapons worth billions of dollars for artillery systems and anti-tank ammunition.
However, the latest strikes against Iran — involving Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth F‑35 fighters, and single-use attack drones — have created a sizable hole in US strategic stock. This has prompted Deputy Secretary of Defence Steven Feinberg to formulate a request for an additional budget of US$50 billion to replace war materiel that has been used.
As part of the broader plan, Raytheon, the producer of Tomahawks, has agreed to a new commitment with the Pentagon to boost production to 1,000 units per year. The Pentagon had initially planned to buy only 57 missiles in 2026 at an average price of US$1.3 million per unit.
In addition to budget matters, Trump has begun a tightening sweep in the defence sector by signing an executive order in January. The policy targets contractors whose performance is deemed poor but who continue to share profits with shareholders rather than prioritising production.
The Pentagon is set to publish a blacklist of underperforming contractors in the near future. Companies named on the list will be given only 15 days to submit a board-approved improvement plan, or face serious consequences ranging from legal action to unilateral contract termination.