{"id":151470,"date":"2026-04-17T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151470"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:37:52","slug":"ssha-vycherpaly-zapasy-i-peretyaguyut-avtogigantiv-na-vijskovi-rejky","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/novosti\/ssha-vycherpaly-zapasy-i-peretyaguyut-avtogigantiv-na-vijskovi-rejky\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Has Depleted Its Stockpiles and Is Shifting Auto Giants to a Wartime Footing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"292\">The United States may expand weapons production at the expense of civilian industry. The Pentagon is already in talks with major automakers and industrial companies, according to The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"487\">U.S. defense officials are discussing with businesses the possibility of using manufacturing capacity to produce ammunition and military equipment, including with General Motors and Ford Motor.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"679\">The talks with representatives of auto giants cover a wide range of issues \u2014 from the feasibility of rapidly repurposing factories to barriers related to contracts and procurement processes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"681\" data-end=\"786\">Authorities are assessing whether civilian manufacturers can quickly switch to fulfilling defense orders.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"984\">The move to repurpose auto manufacturers has been driven by the depletion of weapons stockpiles due to prolonged conflicts, including the war in Ukraine and escalating tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1104\">The Pentagon believes that traditional defense contractors alone may not be sufficient to rapidly scale up production.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1227\">Industrial and aerospace companies, including GE Aerospace and Oshkosh Corporation, are also involved in the discussions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1370\">The initiative is already being compared to practices during World War II, when automakers massively shifted to producing military equipment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1524\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The new U.S. defense budget, which could reach $1.5 trillion, is expected to include significant investments in the production of ammunition and drones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151471,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151470","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151470"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151470"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}