Review Warns Defense Industrial Base Faces 'Unprecedented Set of Challenges’
October 5, 2018
Earlier today, the administration formally released the long-awaited findings of its review of the defense industrial base, “Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States.â€
Q1: What is the Defense Industrial Base report?
A1: The Defense Industrial Base report is the output of the defense industrial base review mandated by last July’s Executive Order (EO) 13806 —Presidential Executive Order on Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States. EO 13806 required the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with an interagency team, provide an unclassified report assessing the capacity and resilience of the defense industrial base and its supply chains. Furthermore, the EO mandated an assessment of future needs, current gaps in the defense industrial base, defined as either non-existing, threatened, or single-point of failures, and a comprehensive list of potential contingencies that could disrupt the defense industrial base.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/review-warns-defense-industrial-base-faces-unprecedented-set-challenges
