💢🇺🇸 According to Reuters, U.S. defense startups are using technologies from other industries to increase missile production speed and reduce costs, while the Pentagon is trying to expand its weapons production capacity. 💢 Companies such as Castelion, Anduril, X-Bow Systems, and Firehawk Aerospace are using the following technologies: - Chips from the automotive industry - Metal pipes used in fracking (oil and gas extraction) - Techniques for combining pharmaceutical materials - 3D printing ‼ The aim of these methods is to make up for shortages in solid rocket motors. This comes as the United States has used more than 50,000 missiles and munitions since 2022 and has allocated about $53 billion to increase missile and rocket production. 🔴