Defense Industry Needs US Government Support on Rare Earths, Says Northrop Gruman CEO

Kathy Warden, CEO of Northrop Gruman, said that the defense industry needs support from the US government to develop a supply chain that can provide critical rare earths. Warden said the government can work to 'bolster the resiliency' of the supply chain that relies largely on foreign sourcing. Warden, who was in conversation with Bloomberg's Kailey Leinz, also discussed the US weapons stockpile, saying that the munitions space is going to be one of the fastest growing parts of the defense…