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Pentagon

DoD To Issue Classified Plan Later This Summer To Implement Industrial Base Strategy

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 9th, 2024

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DoD To Issue Classified Plan Later This Summer To Implement Industrial Base Strategy

An aerial view of the Pentagon. (U.S. Navy Photo)

The Defense Department last Friday released an interim report on actions it has taken so far to implement its recent National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) and plans later this summer to issue a full implementation plan that will be classified. Other efforts to implement the plan are underway and will be outlined in the classified plan. “In addition to ongoing activities, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Military Service Secretaries have identified six, urgent and cross-cutting implementation initiatives…

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