President Donald Trump has intensified pressure on major defense contractors, targeting their reliance on stock buybacks and executive compensation at the expense of production speed. 

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Trump made an announcement at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, signaling a major shift in how the Pentagon will manage its nearly $1 trillion annual budget.

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Prioritizing Production Over Payouts

The administration's main grievance is a perceived mismatch between corporate profits and significant delivery delays, which reduce national security readiness. 

Trump criticized the largest defense contractors for paying executives upwards of $50 million annually and authorizing billions in share repurchases while key programs face chronic delivery delays.

"We'll be discussing the pay to executives, where they're making $45 and $50 million a year and not being able to build quickly," Trump said on Monday.  

"They're going to make that kind of money, they ...