President Donald Trump's War Department is supercharging missile-defense production, signing framework agreements with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to expand production capacity for components used in two defense systems. "Framework agreements with munition components suppliers like Northrop Grumman are vital to accelerating the tripling of PAC-3 and quadrupling of THAAD interceptor production." "As one of America’s leading producers of solid rocket motors, we’re supporting the administration’s push to accelerate munitions output." The deal establishes a second source for solid rocket motors and increases production of ignition safety devices. Northrop is also doubling solid rocket motor capacity at its Utah facilities and increasing capacity by 25% at its Elkton, Maryland, plant.