GAO report on the defense industrial base

Mobilization Through Cooperation: The New Defense Industrial Base

A revolution is underway in America’s defense industrial base. It isn’t just about integrating new technologies or making more weapons faster, and smarter, and cheaper, although that lies at the core of any successful manufacturing enterprise. It’s also about rediscovering…

GAO report on the defense industrial base

Thursday, July 24, 2025The July 24, 2025 Government Accountability Office report recommends the Defense Department "identify resources, priorities, and time frames to implement efforts to integrate and share supply chain data; identify an organization responsible for implementing leading commercial practices; and test the use of contract requirements to obtain country-of-origin information from suppliers." Featured: Related Documents Tags: GAOIn…

GAO Finds DoD Has Not Identified Lower-Tier Suppliers; Discloses DoD Looked Into Chinese Robotic Arms on F-35 Assembly Line - Defense Daily

An omniscient portrait of the more than 200,000 DoD suppliers to spot suspicious foreign companies is not on the books, as lower tier suppliers remain hidden–a cloaking helped by the […]