Pentagon Wants to Shift Funds to Interceptors Amid Iran War (2)

The Pentagon wants to shift roughly $1.5 billion in previously approved funding to buy critical missile interceptors from Lockheed Martin Corp. and RTX Corp., according to the acting comptroller — weapons that are in short supply as the war in Iran consumes vast amounts of the munitions.

The Pentagon’s comptroller Jules Hurst didn’t peg the Pentagon request to the ongoing conflict in Iran in a formal “reprogramming” note he sent to Congress on March 13.

But the move comes after the US, Israel and Gulf monarchies used up significant quantities of interceptors to knock down Iranian drones and missiles ...