Pentagon strikes deal for 10,000 containerized missiles as Iran war eats into stocks

The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it inked agreements with several arms firms to acquire 10,000 low-cost containerized missiles, as the war against Iran badly eats into existing missile stocks, Anadolu reports. The agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos, and Zone 5 launch what the Defense Department is calling “the Low‑Cost Containerized Missles (LCCM) program.” A separate parallel agreement with Castelion will see the Pentagon acquire at least 500 low-cost Blackbeard hypersonic missiles per year. The two-year Castelion deal includes an option for the contract to be renewed for up to five years, and the Pentagon said in a statement that it is “actively seeking authority and funding” to purchase thousands more hypersonics from the company “to further encourage Castelion’s self-funded facility […]