Top US General Tries to Reassure Defense Industry of Predictability Amid Stalled Ukraine Aid
- Joint Chiefs Chair Brown visits Arkansas Lockheed Martin plant
- Contractors are concerned over stalled Ukraine assistance
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The top US military official got a whirlwind tour of a Lockheed Martin Corp. plant as the Pentagon attempts to assure contractors that it will provide predictable signals while it seeks more funding to send weapons to Ukraine.
General Charles Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, traveled to Camden, Arkansas, to visit the 308,000-square-foot facility, which produces the HIMARS mobile rocket system.