Defense officials highlight ongoing industrial base work

By Theresa Maher / January 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Pentagon is working to bolster U.S. industrial supply chains and combat overreliance on foreign sources, according to two senior defense officials. DOD’s approach to securing domestic supply chains for strategic and critical materials centers on four key pillars, Adam Burstein, technical director of strategic and critical materials for the assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, told attendees during a Friday event hosted by the Naval War College. Those pillars -- guided by the National Defense Industrial Strategy...

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