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Sources: Hegseth meets Anduril, Castelion and Leidos on munitions production capacity

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted a closely held, publicly unannounced meeting with emerging weapons makers including Anduril, Castelion and Leidos to discuss munitions production, according to sources. The gathering signals continued pressure to expand industrial capacity and accelerate delivery timelines across the weapons pipeline.

Discovered 2026-06-25T13:25:07.884555-07:00 | 2026-06-25T13:25:07.884555-07:00

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Reinforces that senior DoD leadership is actively engaging next-generation and established defense-tech firms to expand munitions production capacity, rather than relying solely on traditional prime structures.
Provides additional context for the administration’s broader push to scale low-cost cruise missile and hypersonic buys, including the Pentagon framework agreements for 10,000 cruise missiles and annual hypersonic procurement (see Pentagon rolls out framework and annual buys for 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles plus 500 hypersonics).
Connects to ongoing industrial-scaling signals from companies like Anduril as it weighs manufacturing footprint and expansion plans (see Anduril CEO says it would consider building a next weapons manufacturing hub outside the US).

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First Seen: 2026-06-25T13:25:07.884555-07:00
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Sources: Hegseth meets Anduril, Castelion and Leidos on munitions production capacity

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