Report to Congress on the Defense Industrial Base: Critical Industries Planning
Abstract
This report on Department of Defense (DoD) actions to improve the industrial base of the United States was prepared by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition in response to the requirements of subsection 842(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1990. The report documents DoD's progress in carrying out the key functions of the Defense Industrial Base Office and in identifying and analyzing industries that are important to U.S. national security. The defense industrial base includes government and privately owned plants and equipment as well as government and private technology development efforts. The defense industrial base is both large and complex. Industries That Support Critical Technologies: Air-Breathing Propulsion, Composite Materials, Machine Intelligence and Robotics, Passive Sensors, Photonics, Semiconductor Materials and Microelectronic Circuits, Sensitive Radars, Superconductivity, Biotechnology Materials and Processes, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Data Fusion, High Energy Density Materials, Hypervelocity Projectiles, Parallel Computer Architectures, Pulsed Power, Signal Processing, Signature Control, Simulation and Modeling, Software Producibility, and Weapon System Environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA231194
Entities
Organizations
- United States Assistant Secretary of Defense