The Pentagon is concerned about the domestic solid rocket motor industrial base as budgets continue to be strained, the workforce ages and competitive opportunities are limited, according to a recent report sent to lawmakers by Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall. The domestic solid rocket motor producers are a "key DOD industrial base component," Kendall says in the Nov. 12, 2015 report delivered to lawmakers last month. However, these producers are struggling because the missile industrial sector, and specifically the...
