Britain will make more explosive in a bid to scale back dependence on the US and France for ammunition.
Military production company BAE Systems is due to establish sites across the nation to make RDX explosives and to bolster the country's resilience in the face of an attack.
The explosives will then be used in 155mm artillery shells - as well as other forms of weaponry - for the British Army.
The defence firm is set to increase its military production rate by 16 times the amount it currently produces within the next two years as they start to use newer, automatic technology, The Times reported.
The explosives will be used in 155mm artillery shells - as well as other forms of weaponry - for the British Army
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The firm is also intending to create three new sites to manufacture weapons.
The plans are set to transform Britain's current over-reliance on US and French armaments as BAE expects to produce "sufficient explosives and propellants" to meet the Ministry of Defence's targets for 2026.
A number of sites will become operational soon - including one in Glascoed, south Wales over the summer.
BAE director Steve Cardew insisted that the plans would "strengthen the UK’s supply chain resilience and support our ramp-up of critical munitions production to meet growing demand in response to the increasingly uncertain world we’re living in".
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He told The Times: “The whole challenge for our industry is around production scale-up and creating enough industrial capacity to effectively match Russia and other hostile nations.
"We clearly have enough supply chain access for what we have today, but continuing to rely on that will generate risk and therefore we are keen to make sure that the UK has its own supply chain."
In March, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced £2.2billion extra in funding for defence to boost Britain's arsenal of weaponry and overall improvements of the Army.
Meanwhile, defence secretary John Healey said that "strengthening home-grown artillery production" was an "important step in learning lessons from Ukraine", noting that it boosted Britain's industrial resilience and transforming defence into an "engine for growth".
In March, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced £2.2bn extra in funding for defence to boost Britain's arsenal
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He said: "The defence industry is the foundation of our ability to fight and win on the battlefield – from the production line to the front line.
"Through our defence industrial strategy and UK defence innovation, we will support our world-leading UK defence sector to achieve more breakthroughs like this and create more defence jobs across the country."
In February, Sir Keir Starmer encouraged his team to pour more money into the country's defence systems amid the varied and ongoing geopolitical tensions across the globe.
As a result, he announced that defence spending would increase to 2.5 per cent of GDP from April 2027.
