The US department of defense (DoD), recently released National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan (NDIS-IP), outlining the ongoing and future actions of the department to modernise the country's defence industrial base.
There are six initiatives under this plan, aiming to make the defense industrial ecosystem of the country more resilient, according to a DoD release.
"This implementation plan offers industry, global allies, and partners clear direction on the Department's priorities for industrial capacity building," said Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy Laura Taylor-Kale, adding, "Implementing these initiatives will require coordinated efforts across the DoD."
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The six initiatives in the NDIS-IP include the Indo-Pacific deterrence initiative, with a long-term focus on the production of munitions, missiles, and submarines.
The second is the production and supply chains initiative, with a particular focus on onshoring defense-critical production capabilities, moving away from adversarial sources of capital, a deeper analysis of supply chain vulnerabilities, enhanced industrial cyber security, and critical materials stockpiling.
There is also increased emphasis on the AUKUS trilateral partnership, which comprises Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The fourth is the capabilities and infrastructure modernisation initiative, which involves modernising the nuclear industrial base, organic industrial base, and maintenance, repair and overhaul and upgrade capacity of the DoD.
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According to the DoD release, the department also aims to enhance the progress of the Replicator Initiative through various projects, studies and white papers; and to better deploy its current acquisition authorities.
The last is the intellectual property and data analysis initiative, which focuses on ensuring the effective use of resources throughout a programme life cycle by fully integrating intellectual property planning into acquisition and product support strategies.
"A key focus of implementation is championing initiatives that are cross-cutting and not the sole responsibility of any one military service or component within the Department of Defense," Taylor-Kale said.