Leveraging the National Technology Industrial Base to Address Great-Power Competition: The Imperative to Integrate Industrial Capabilities of Close Allies
Abstract
In US law, the national technology and industrial base (NTIB) comprises the industrial bases of the United States and three of its closest historical allies (Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom). Canada was included when the original NTIB was established in 1994,while Australia and the United Kingdom were added by Congress in 2016. The current NTIB expansion has corresponded with a changing threat and technology environment, in which non-defense and global actors are now leading technology innovation. This new threat and technology environment will require a different type of NTIB to support future defense-industrial planning and execution. This study is an attempt to begin a discussion on what a new NTIB should look like, and how Congress and the administration can pursue policies that can prepare the United States and its allies to compete in this new environment. Through a series of visits, interviews, and discussions with US, Australian, Canadian, and UK industry and government officials, defense experts, and academic researchers, the barriers to increased defense cooperation at the industrial level between the NTIB countries were assessed. The actions needed to address those barriers were identified, and the outcome of this report begins to describe those specific legal, regulatory, and policy changes that are necessary to advance industrial cooperation within the NTIB.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1108751
Entities
People
- William Greenwalt
Organizations
- Atlantic Council