Defense Industrial Base: Integrating Existing Supplier Data and Addressing Workforce Challenges Could Improve Risk Analysis
Abstract
Each year, DOD spends billions of dollars acquiring and sustaining weapon systems to meet U.S. national security objectives. DOD relies on an extensive, multi-tiered network of suppliers that make up the defense industrial base to provide the components, subsystems, raw materials, and equipment to develop and sustain these weapon systems. Ensuring that these suppliers can provide products and services at the time, quantity, and quality DOD needs is essential to meeting national security objectives. MIBP is DOD's focal point for assessing and mitigating department-wide industrial base risks. GAO was asked to review DOD's efforts to ensure a viable defense industrial base. This report addresses DOD's approach to identify industrial base risks and its investments to address those risks. GAO reviewed DOD's guidance for industrial base assessments; analyzed industrial base assessments conducted by program offices, military departments and MIBP; reviewed MIBP's efforts to share supplier data; and reviewed documents for all 33 completed investment projects funded by MIBP's investment programs from fiscal years 2014 through 2017.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1150440
Entities
People
- Beth R. Fritts
- Candance Wright
- Hawi Itana
- Jaci Evans
- Jonathan Munetz
- Kurt Gurka
- Laura Greifner
- Lorraine Ettaro
- Marie A. Mak
- Roxanna Sun
- Sarah Martin
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office