US defense industry officials are expecting the Pentagon to request supplemental funding as soon as Friday to shore up expensive munitions stockpiles following US strikes on Iran, according to two people with knowledge of the plans.
The supplemental request could come in at around $50 billion, but that could change as operations in the Middle East move at lightning speed with the US using sophisticated defenses and munitions, including long-rage missiles, cautioned the people who asked not to be named as discussions are ongoing.
A supplemental request “doesn’t surprise me, given what we are doing over there,” Rep. ...