The 75-Year Army Deal That Could Reshape America's Rare Earth Supply

S. S. military installation. The plan covers 200 acres at Tooele Army Depot in Utah, a lease that could run as long as 75 years, and provides first access for the Army to the rare earth products produced at this facility. Those metals are dysprosium and terbium. Every F-35, Tomahawk missile, and Virginia-class submarine depends on magnets made with them, and China produces nearly every ounce of both.

In April 2025, Beijing showed it was willing to cut them off. On January 1, 2027, the Pentagon’s procurement rules start pushing Chinese material out of the defense magnet supply chain, and contractors now have just weeks to find another source before the deadline. REalloys is already building one.