On January 18, Forward Defense senior fellow Steve Grundman was quoted in Law360 providing an assessment of the Department of Defense’s National Defense Industrial Strategy. He emphasized a lack of specifics to address fragile supply chains, underlining the necessity for a well-defined blend of new funding and procedural approaches to realize these objectives.
The twenty five broad actions suggested by DoD are more ambition rather than action.
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Wed, Apr 12, 2023
Atlantic Council Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption interim report
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The DoD must accelerate defense innovation adoption from the leading edge of the private sector. This report has ten recommendations to do so.
Tue, Jun 21, 2022
Atlantic Council announces new commission to reform the defense innovation ecosystem
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Commission chaired by Secretaries Mark T. Esper and Deborah Lee James to recommend actions for sharpening US defense-industrial edge.