No amount of invoking the DPA would change this reality today, but if it had been invoked six months ago it would have us in a much better place now.
The entire point of the DPA is to encourage and finance manufacturing of items that are strategically important but not massively profitable, partially by funding the investments required to make the initial machinery.
The entire point of the DPA is to encourage and finance manufacturing of items that are strategically important but not massively profitable, partially by funding the investments required to make the initial machinery.