DOD looks to collaborate on technology supply chain with 'Five Eyes' allies

By Justin Doubleday / November 29, 2019 at 9:00 AM
The Defense Department and its fellow "Five Eyes" partners are discussing how they can work as a collective industrial base to manage supply chain security risks for emerging technologies, such as fifth-generation telecommunications systems. At a meeting of the Five Eyes military chief information officers earlier this month in Canberra, Australia, officials discussed supply-chain concerns and potential industrial base cooperation, according to Charles Forte, CIO for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. "I don't see any barriers to pursuing the...

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