General Motors’ headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, seen in July 2024. GM originally spun off its defense business in 2003, but has re-established it. (Shutterstock/Jonathan Weiss)

Is General Motors Entering the Missile Business?

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General Motors appears to be on the cusp of partnering with Lockheed Martin to develop missile parts.

The largest American automaker and the world’s largest defense contractor are now in partnership talks. It has been speculated that General Motors could become a supplier of “commonly used parts that could help” Lockheed Martin “bolster munitions production,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

An agreement has yet to be reached between the two giants of their respective industries, and the “contours of the arrangement” could still change. Still, the goal of the collaboration between General Motors’ military subsidiary GM Defense and Lockheed Martin would be to triple or even quadruple production of certain weapons systems, chiefly advanced missiles.

GM Defense is headquartered in Washington, DC, while Lockheed Martin’s HQ is in nearby Bethesda, Maryland.

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