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White House to Study Defense Industry Infrastructure Following Recent Report

White House to Study Defense Industry Infrastructure Following Recent Report
Sailors assist shipyard workers moving a crane aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Marques Franklin)

The White House plans to assess the current state of the U.S. defense industry’s infrastructure following the release of its inaugural defense industrial base report earlier this month, a senior administration official said Oct. 24.“It is long past time for an assessment … of our infrastructure,” said Peter Navarro, assistant to the president and director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, at the National Defense Transportation Association’s fall meeting in National Harbor, Maryland.Speaking to a room full of…

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