The Iran war, which on Friday hit the six-month mark and has gone on longer than the Trump administration anticipated, has exacerbated the need for the changes to the defense industrial base that Pentagon leaders were already starting to address.

Even prior to the war, which has resulted in the depletion of certain critical munitions, War Secretary Pete Hegseth had initiated a massive transformation to the department’s procurement strategy to meet what he characterized as “a 1939 moment.”