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Pentagon

DoD Plans DIB Strategy, Other Action Items Under White House Supply Chain Initiative

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, November 27th, 2023

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DoD Plans DIB Strategy, Other Action Items Under White House Supply Chain Initiative

The Defense Department will publish a new national strategy for the defense industrial base (DIB) to help guide policies and investments in the next three to five years, one of a number of efforts being taking by the White House to strengthen the nation’s supply chains. The National Defense Industrial Strategy “will ensure a coordinated, whole-of-government approach to and focus on the multiple layers of suppliers and sub-suppliers that make up these critical supply chains,” a Nov. 27 White House…

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