Defense Business Brief: US-made biotech; Rocketdyne; Hegseth’s industry tours

2026 could be a big year for biomanufacturing now that it’s one of the Pentagon’s top critical technology areas. “We import the vast majority of our chemicals. How do we bring some of that back to the U.S.? And how is that chemical manufacturing base using biology available to the department when it needs to secure its supply chains and develop novel material capabilities? Those two things together are really the crux of what we're trying to accomplish,” said Doug Fr