General Dynamics
founded 1952
$533 million, zero usable shells: a no-bid artillery factory that delivered nothing.
To arm Ukraine fast, the Army handed General Dynamics a no-bid award — under guardrails Congress had removed for speed — to build a 155mm artillery-shell factory in Texas. GD brought on a barely-vetted foreign subcontractor, and the plant produced zero usable shells.
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It took a $533 million no-bid award to build an artillery-shell factory that produced zero usable shells.
FACTThe Army rushed GD the award under waived guardrails; GD hired a barely-vetted Turkish subcontractor for the much-hyped equipment, and the Mesquite, Texas plant delivered nothing usable.
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