The arsenal of democracy rests on America’s forging industry. More than 152 forging plants in 38 states forge the metals and alloys for warships, planes, spacecraft, combat vehicles, missiles, rockets, bombs, ammunition, artillery pieces, and much more. But collectively, they have significant untapped capacity to meet growing national defense requirements. Inefficiency and unclear demand signals in the Defense Department’s supply chain has led to the false perception that the forging…
