President Donald Trump met Friday with the chief executives of several major U.S. defense contractors as the joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign against Iran entered its sixth day.
According to Trump, the meeting focused on expanding weapons production to support the ongoing conflict and future military needs. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the executives agreed to significantly increase manufacturing capacity.
“We discussed production and production schedules,” Trump wrote. “They have agreed to quadruple production of the ‘Exquisite Class’ weaponry so that we can reach the highest levels of quantity as quickly as possible.”
Trump did not specify what he meant by “Exquisite Class weaponry,” but defense analysts say the phrase likely refers to advanced, high-precision missiles designed to strike complex targets and that are typically difficult and slow to manufacture.
Examples of such weapons include systems like the Standard Missile-6 and Tomahawk cruise missile produced by RTX, as well as the latest Patriot interceptor developed by Lockheed Martin.
Executives attending the meeting represented several major defense companies, including BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and RTX. Trump said they are expected to meet with him again in two months to review production progress.
Trump also stated that manufacturing expansion had already begun months earlier, with new facilities and production lines already underway before the meeting.
Earlier this year, the Pentagon signed contracts with companies such as Lockheed Martin and RTX to increase production of key missile systems, including Patriot air defense missiles, THAAD interceptors, and Standard naval missiles.
Lockheed Martin later confirmed that it had agreed to quadruple production of critical munitions, building on earlier cooperation with the Pentagon.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the meeting had actually been scheduled before the launch of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. military campaign that began on February 28 targeting Iran’s political leadership and military infrastructure.
Leavitt also emphasized that the United States has sufficient weapons and ammunition stockpiles to meet the operation’s objectives.
According to the White House, those objectives include targeting the leadership of the Iranian government, disrupting Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, destroying naval capabilities, weakening Iran’s support for proxy militant groups, and encouraging internal political change within the country.
Leavitt said the administration expects the operation to last roughly four to six weeks and stated that military efforts are already progressing toward those goals.
She added that Trump ultimately wants to remove what he describes as a threat posed by Iran’s leadership and is considering the long-term political future of the country once the current conflict ends.
