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Pentagon

DoD to Request New Funds to Re-Energize Defense Industrial Base

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, October 5th, 2018

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DoD to Request New Funds to Re-Energize Defense Industrial Base

The Pentagon plans to request additional funds in the FY’20 budget request to help address critical issues that are undermining the U.S. defense industrial base, officials said Oct. 4.The department will utilize existing funds that fuel industrial base mitigation efforts, but will also need to add more to the pot to implement all of the recommendations laid out in the long-awaited report, titled “Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States.”…

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