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Pundits Seek Clarity On DoD’s Industrial Base Plans

Julie Samuel

Monday, January 30th, 2012

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Budget analysts are questioning just how the Pentagon is seeking to protect the defense industrial base in its forthcoming defense budget proposal. When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta previewed the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal to reporters last Thursday, he said it “recognizes that a critical part of our ability to mobilize is a healthy industrial base.” Maintaining “the vitality of the industrial base and avoiding imposing unacceptable costs or risks on our critical suppliers will guide many of the…

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