Lockheed, aiming to double Javelin production, seeks supply chain ‘crank up’

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Lockheed, aiming to double Javelin production, seeks supply chain ‘crank up’
By Joe Gould
May 9, 09:14 AM
Ukrainian soldiers with Javelin anti-tank missiles are pictured during a military parade in Kiev in 2018. Since Russia attacked Ukraine in late February 2022, Ukrainians have used the U.S.-supplied weapons to great effect in repelling Russian armored forces. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON ― Lockheed Martin aims to nearly double production for Javelin anti-tank missiles from 2,100 to 4,000 per year, but it needs the supply chain to “crank up,” according to its chief executive.

As the U.S. sends Javelins from its own military stockpiles to Ukraine’s fight against Russia, Lockheed is boosting Javelin production ― but getting to its goal could take as long as a couple of years, Jim Taiclet said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

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