U.S. Army's new Iowa smart factory will increase 155mm ammunition output, modernize production and scale for wartime demand

A new U.S. Army smart manufacturing facility in Iowa will substantially increase 155mm artillery shell production through automated and digitally integrated manufacturing lines. The factory is designed to scale output rapidly in response to wartime demand signals. The investment addresses critical munitions stockpile shortfalls identified during support to Ukraine. It forms part of the broader U.S. defence industrial base modernisation effort targeting artillery ammunition and propellant capacity.