Reuters · October 15, 2026

Trump Announces Plan for Defense Test Range in Montana for Advanced Weapons Technologies

• President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday at a campaign event in Kalispell, Montana, that the Department of War will establish a test range in Montana for advanced weapons and technologies, including autonomous weapons, space systems, electronic warfare, and supersonic and hypersonic weapons.
• Kalispell is a city of about 30,000 people, about 200 miles northwest of Helena, according to the report.
• Trump did not say whether the new initiative would have ties to the existing Montana Spaceport & Test Range project, according to the report.
• All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats will be decided in the November 3 midterm elections.

Statements attributed to President Trump as reported. No response from Montana officials is documented in the source. Original headline: "Trump says advanced defense test range to be located in Montana".