The DIB encompasses all organizations and facilities that provide DOD with materials, products, and services. The composition of the DIB is diverse and includes entities such as small and medium-sized ...

Production challenges persist across key U.S. and allied defense programs despite post-pandemic recovery. A recent event hosted by the Atlantic Council, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, warned ...

President Donald Trump announced that he would seek to rein in defense contracting companies while also calling for a 50% increase in U.S. defense spending. The president signed an executive order on ...

In his November 2025 speech on acquisition reform at the National Defense University, Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the goal of putting the industrial base on a “wartime footing”: We’re not just ...

This episode unpacks how the U.S. defense industrial base has struggled to keep pace with the demands of renewed great power competition. Kathleen Hicks, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and a ...