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Since World War II, the Department of Defense (DoD) has been able to count on America's defense industrial base (DIB) always being ready to design and produce the world-class weaponry on which the U.S. military has long relied. But the U.S. DIB is considerably smaller today than it was following the Cold War's end. Now the Pentagon confronts a period of shrinking defense budgets at the same time the international security environment is posing new military challenges, such as the emergence of anti-access/area-denial capabilities, the growing threat to space-based systems, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Defense Department has never had a coherent, long-term strategy for sustaining the defense industrial base's core competencies. Absent a strategy that proceeds from deciding first what to keep rather than what to cut, the possibility is growing that a day will come when the country's industrial base will no longer possess all the critical design and manufacturing capabilities that the U.S. military needs. This study provides a diagnosis of the military competitions most likely to dominate military relationships between the United States and prospective adversaries over the next decade or two, and the corresponding DIB competencies where the U.S. military will need to sustain advantage.
This monograph focuses on two main questions concerning what is most accurately described as the 'military-industrial-Congressional' complex. First, does it function like a normal free market in which the forces of supply and demand, Adam Smith's invisible hand, can be relied upon to allocate resources efficiently, encourage innovation, and exhibit the kind of price sensitivity evident in commercial markets such as consumer electronics? Second, what has been the Department of Defense's approach to sustaining a strong, technologically vibrant and financially successful domestic defense industry? The United States' defense industrial base strategy should ensure the preservation of those few sectors that are currently critical to American national security, adding over time any emerging sectors that become critical, and ruthlessly underfunding or jettisoning any sectors that cease to be critical.
Today's fiscally constrained and complex threat environment requires the Department of Defense (DoD) to take a more active role in managing the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). Otherwise, DoD risks the loss of core competencies essential to U.S. National Security. In order to re-shape the DIB to support DoD's twenty-first century requirements, U.S. policy makers must provide strategic guidance and direction. This guidance should begin with identification of the core competencies required to accomplish the mission set needed to support the National Military Strategy. Once these requirements are determined, the DIB must be assessed to identify capability gaps and vulnerabilities. This assessment will inform the development of an integrated long-term strategy designed to align the DIB's efforts with the National Security Strategy, to manage the DIB collaboratively during an economic down-turn, and to reform the current regulatory regime in order to leverage the benefits of globalization. A comprehensive restructuring of the DIB promises to be a lengthy and complex process. This SRP identifies the challenges and suggests a methodology to prevent the atrophy of the DIB -- a strategic asset essential to U.S. National Security for over sixty years.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing USA Institutes aim to protect national security and increase U.S. competitiveness in manufacturing. The domestic industrial base is critical to supporting and sustaining both military advantage and economic competitiveness. Through these institutes, the DoD is committed to domestically designing and manufacturing the most innovative defense systems. Intended as intensely collaborative applied research and development endeavors among government, industry, and academia, the institutes are envisioned to become lasting, self-sustaining national assets. A long-term strategy is needed to achieve this goal. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently convened a workshop to discuss the long-term sustainability of the Manufacturing USA Institutes. Participants explored different perspectives across multiple disciplines, discussed public-private partnership models, and considered international programs in advanced manufacturing to inform their recommendations regarding the future of the institutes. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Restructuring of military forces will challenge the U.S. capability to execute the National Security Strategy. This strategy requires the continued capability to deter strategic war and respond to crisis; also we need the capability to replenish war reserves after military intervention and reconstitution of new forces in response to a renewed global threat. Adjusting to the defense drawdown through new management practices will insure a responsive Defense Industrial Base for the next decade. The success of the Gulf War may erroneously suggest a capability to fight a protracted war or to reconstitute forces. Despite the clear statements of policy in DoD Directive 5000.1, it is almost impossible to find any acquisition program document that addresses the Defense Industrial Base. This study will present the objectives desired from the defense industrial base, the courses of action the Army can pursue to attain those objectives and the tools available to Army leadership.
Restructuring of military forces will challenge the U.S. capability to execute the National Security Strategy. This strategy requires the continued capability to deter strategic war and respond to crisis; also we need the capability to replenish war reserves after military intervention and reconstitution of new forces in response to a renewed global threat. Adjusting to the defense drawdown through new management practices will insure a responsive Defense Industrial Base for the next decade. The success of the Gulf War may erroneously suggest a capability to fight a protracted war or to reconstitute forces. Despite the clear statements of policy in DoD Directive 5000.1, it is almost impossible to find any acquisition program document that addresses the Defense Industrial Base. This study will present the objectives desired from the defense industrial base, the courses of action the Army can pursue to attain those objectives and the tools available to Army leadership.
"The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing USA Institutes aim to protect national security and increase U.S. competitiveness in manufacturing. The domestic industrial base is critical to supporting and sustaining both military advantage and economic competitiveness. Through these institutes, the DoD is committed to domestically designing and manufacturing the most innovative defense systems. Intended as intensely collaborative applied research and development endeavors among government, industry, and academia, the institutes are envisioned to become lasting, self-sustaining national assets. A long-term strategy is needed to achieve this goal. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently convened a workshop to discuss the long-term sustainability of the Manufacturing USA Institutes. Participants explored different perspectives across multiple disciplines, discussed public-private partnership models, and considered international programs in advanced manufacturing to inform their recommendations regarding the future of the institutes. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop"--Publisher's description