The Army needs to make improvements to the nation’s munitions industrial base to “address systemic issues,” according to a report released this month by the Army Science Board. “This state of affairs has been obscured for years by faulty planning assumptions, peacetime requirements, and complex chains of authority within the Army,” the authors write. “Recent responses to crises such as the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 have revealed many fragilities.” The Army’s Organic Industrial Base (OIB) and Defense Munitions Industrial...
