FORT WORTH, Texas – U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will be in North Texas today as part of a tour billed as “a revival of our Defense Industrial Base”.
What we know:
Pete Hegseth will visit Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth F-35 production plant this afternoon.
The visit is billed as part of his ‘Arsenal of Freedom” industry tour, designed to advance President Donald Trump’s “Peace Through Strength” agenda.
He will address Lockheed Martin employees and the local press on the administration’s defense plans.
Following the visit, Hegseth will depart for Brownsville, Texas to visit SpaceX alongside Elon Musk.
Previous visits on the tour include a Rocket Lab manufacturing plant in Long Beach, California.
What they’re saying:
“For too long, Pentagon bureaucracy has hindered the speed and might of our manufacturing base, obstructing innovation and warfare solutions from companies like SpaceX and Lockheed Martin,” the Department of War said in a press release.
“Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, we are unleashing the full power of our Defense Industrial Base (DIB) to advance our Peace Through Strength agenda,” the release continued.
The Source: Information in this article came from press releases from the Department of War and Lockheed Martin.