Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support

Abstract

The IBAS program element line is one component of a broader DoD investment strategy to build and strengthen the defense industrial base and secure U.S. supply chains. Residing within the Manufacturing, Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP) Directorate, within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (OASD(IBP)), IBAS investments are used discretely and in combination with other DoD investment programs, such as MCEIP office Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III, to ensure collaborative and non-duplicative investment against critical defense industrial base and U.S. supply chain issues. The IBAS program element supports MCEIP office priorities through investment in prime and sub-tier suppliers to mitigate supply chain risks and eliminate production capacity bottlenecks, which align to EO 14017 and National Defense Industrial Strategy directives. IBAS program element investments are further synchronized across the department through coordination with other research and development programs, including but not limited to the Defense-Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology Program, residing in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Support was established in accordance with 10 USC Sec 4817 Industrial Base Fund. The ability of the United States to maintain readiness, and to surge and sustain in response to an emergency, directly relates to the capacity, capabilities, and resiliency of our manufacturing and defense industrial base and supply chains. IBAS authorities and flexibility are key components to build the industrial capabilities needed to innovate, produce, and sustain the weapon systems for today and tomorrow. The IBAS Program element provides the Department with a unique capability to achieve the strategic aims of the 2022 National Defense Strategy, which calls for a strong, resilient, responsive and healthy U.S. Industrial Base (IB) that underpins current and future U.S. force readiness. This program element is uniquely positioned to improve the U.S. Industrial Base’s competitiveness and ability to respond to the Department’s needs by applying focused investments to 1) monitor and assess the current state of the IB, 2) address critical issues in the IB relating to urgent operational needs, 3) address supply chain vulnerabilities, and 4) support efforts to expand the Industrial Base. Global supply chain disruptions have become more common, with recent events highlighting risks and vulnerabilities that undermine our national security. The February 24, 2022 report on Executive Order (E.O.) 14017, “America’s Supply Chains”, and the 2022 Industrial Base Capabilities (ICR) report, each outline strategic focus areas and enabling capabilities, their associated vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations to strengthen the defense industrial base. Management Process – To successfully execute the FY 2025 budget, the IBAS Program Office within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (OASD(IBP)) will oversee the health of the IBAS portfolio and project codes. The IBAS Program Office coordinates with a Military Department or defense agency technical lead to develop and execute an acquisition strategy and implementation plans for each strategic focus area. FY 2025 strategic focus areas that will be executed in IBAS Project Code P819 include workforce, critical minerals, castings and forgings, kinetic weapons, energy storage and batteries and microelectronics. Descriptions of each focus area are included in the P819 R-2a.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 0607210D8Z_7_0400_PB_2025
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2025 decrease of $1.100 million is for an internal program adjustment and the decrease of $49.332 million is a defense-wide topline reduction. FY 2025 increase from FY 2024 provides funding for efforts for Workforce, Critical Minerals, Castings and Forgings, Kinetics Capabilities (Hypersonics) and Microelectronics as follows: Workforce: In collaboration with the Innovation Capability and Modernization (ICAM) Office and leveraging IBAS program funding, the Navy submarine industrial base task force plans to build on successes from other regional training systems (RTS) and start work in FY 2025 to establish a new RTS. This is an extension of ongoing joint OSD-Navy industrial workforce investments tied directly to efforts supporting the COLUMBIA and VIRGINIA class submarine programs. Critical Minerals: New starts in FY 2025 will focus on development of the midstream supply chain by focusing investment in the metallization & magnets space-- the critical step in developing domestic mine-to-magnet capability and transferring some of China’s ~90% magnet market dominance to the U.S. As a domestic supply of rare earth element oxides and metals become available, develop resources and processes for validation and testing for defense applications. Kinetic Capabilities (Hypersonics): Additional funding in FY 2025 to productionize affordability projects and to transition the projects into U.S. Navy and U.S. Army programs of record. Microelectronics: Additional funding in FY 2025 chiefly to transition from planning to contract execution phase in digital engineering effort. Castings and Forgings: Increase infrastructure investments to implement automation and improve efficiencies; expand relevant workforce training network; expand relevant materials production efforts to mitigate/eliminate foreign dependencies.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Readers

• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Industrial Economics

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics