The effort will help companies fund the construction and equipment needed to scale production of technologies the DOD deems critical to national security.
The Pentagon aims to maximize industry's ability to produce vital weapons like the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile and Long Range Anti-Ship Missile.
Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah for more than three decades, is by far the most powerful target to be killed by Israel amid weeks of intensified fighting.
While Combined Joint Task Force — Operation Inherent Resolve will be mothballed, the U.S. military expects to continue its presence in Iraq, officials say.