Release of DoD Industrial Strategy Shows ‘Time for Action is Now'

The defense industrial base is facing a number of significant challenges, and the release of the Defense Department’s National Defense Industrial Strategy signals the government is ready to tackle these problems, a senior official said Jan. 11. 

With industry still recovering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and two major conflicts breaking out in the last two years requiring defense companies to surge production, the supply chain is facing critical challenges not just in one area but “across the board,” said Dr. Laura Taylor-Kale, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy.

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