# DEFAERO Strategy Series [Sep 01, 26] Dr. Jerry McGinn on Rebuilding and Recasting Munitions

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Podcast: [Defense & Aerospace Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504)
Published: 2026-09-01T13:45:41+00:00
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## Resource

On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Jerry McGinn, a former deputy industrial base chief who is now with the director of the Center for the Industrial Base at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg’s internal Pentagon memo on profits as well as requirement that company submit detailed plans to accelerate pograms; and his latest report — “How Quickly Can the DoD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base?” — he cowrote with his colleague AJ Dilts.

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