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DoD Releases Plan Detailing ‘Concrete Actions,’ Billions In Investment For Strategy To Boost Industrial Base

DoD Releases Plan Detailing ‘Concrete Actions,’ Billions In Investment For Strategy To Boost Industrial Base
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William A. LaPlante holds a press brief at the Pentagon, May 6, 2022. (DoD Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

The Pentagon on Tuesday released the implementation plan for its first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS), detailing “concrete actions” to bolster the industrial base such as investments to ramp up munitions production, support to the submarine industrial base, addressing supply chain vulnerabilities and pursuing international co-production efforts.  Across the next two fiscal years, the Pentagon noted it plans to invest over $77 billion in a range of programs and initiatives that support priorities laid out in the new National Defense…

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