Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment
Abstract
OSD Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) investments under this program are informed by the Department's Sector by Sector, Tier by Tier (S2T2) program for industrial base analysis directed by Title 10 Section 2503 and carried out by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy) (DASD (MIBP)). Periodic S2T2 assessments under this program, directed by Title 10 Section 2505, and other assessments collaboratively identify elements of the industrial base where current acquisition programs will not invest enough in production and/or research to support the minimum sustaining rate that would keep critical capabilities viable. While industrial base risks identified through these assessment tools are to be mitigated primarily through direct engagement with military departments, agencies, and industry, exceptional cases will require defense-wide intervention via investment accounts, often in collaboration with multiple Services and agencies, to ensure adequate industrial capability to support future defense needs. This funding is a key tool for addressing supply chain risks and diminishing manufacturing sources. Investments are prioritized though a careful analysis at every tier of the supply chain according to a numerical scale of the risk-area's fragility and criticality. Fragility examines characteristics that make a specific product or service likely to be disrupted; criticality examines characteristics that make a specific product or service difficult to replace if disrupted. These concepts underpin AT&L’s core mission and inform critical investment, budgetary, and programmatic decision-making. S2T2 fragility and criticality assessments are applied across the DoD enterprise to identify and prioritize industrial base niches requiring additional investment by DoD. The purpose of investment is to sustain essential industrial production and design team capabilities. Projects will focus on high impact industrial base sectors with a combination of defense-specific requirements and low, limited or declining production. The focus areas are 1) missiles and munitions, 2) space, and 3) other defense-specific capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 819_0607210D8Z_7_0400_PB_2016
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