General Dynamics Will Spend $200 Million to Reboot Ammo Plant

General Dynamics Corp. will invest $200 million of its own money and unwind a partnership with Turkish defense contractor Repkon in a bid to finally start producing 155mm artillery shells at a Texas plant that’s been beset by delays, people familiar with the matter said.

The revamp is an effort to resuscitate a project that was heralded, when it was announced in 2023, as a cornerstone of the Pentagon’s plan to boost production of munitions sapped by the war in Ukraine. Instead, the Mesquite, Texas-based factory has joined a long list of US defense programs that have failed to meet ...