Northrop Grumman explores ammunition co-production in Poland

Northrop Grumman is exploring producing 120 millimeter tank ammunition in Poland as the U.S. ally surges defense production capacity, the company's chief told Reuters on Thursday.

Countries close to Russia like Poland, Finland and Germany have been exploring deals to build U.S. weapons in Europe, negotiating new deals to buy arms and looking to speed up existing contracts as the war in Ukraine reshaped thinking on the volumes of munitions needed in future conflicts.

"We are looking at co-production opportunities for 120," Kathy J. Warden Northrop Grumman CEO told Reuters adding that while talks were advances the company still needed to "find the right industrial partners and the right contract structures. But all of that work is underway."