{"id":5567,"date":"2026-10-04T06:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/04\/america-races-to-build-a-new-arsenal\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T06:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:16:32","slug":"america-races-to-build-a-new-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/04\/america-races-to-build-a-new-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"America Races to Build a New Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/xo00EWOFWZ4\/maxresdefault.webp)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bloomberg Defense Tech Special\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xo00EWOFWZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> Analysis | STL.News ST LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 4, 2026 (STL.News) A Bloomberg Technology special recorded at Lockheed Martin\u2019s legendary Skunk Works offered a glimpse into a potentially profound transformation of the American defense industry. The Oct. 2 program examined artificial intelligence, autonomous aircraft, counter-drone systems, and advanced manufacturing as the Pentagon and its suppliers confront an increasingly important question: Can the United States develop sophisticated weapons quickly enough \u2014 and manufacture enough of them \u2014 to sustain a modern high-intensity conflict? Bloomberg\u2019s Ed Ludlow spoke with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics President OJ Sanchez and Lockheed technology executive Sarah<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/america-races-to-build-a-new-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis | STL.News ST LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 4, 2026 (STL.News) A Bloomberg Technology special recorded at Lockheed Martin\u2019s legendary Skunk Works offered a glimpse into a potentially profound transformation of the American defense industry. The Oct. 2 program examined&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5569,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567\/revisions\/5569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}