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Jan 7, 2025 | 
csis.org | Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
As the Department of Defense has put greater emphasis on commercial technology for cutting edge capabilities and scalability, a broad range of companies have demonstrated growing interest in contributing to national security. However, despite DoD’s focus on innovation, historic challenges persist, creating difficulties for new vendors who are working to enter the complex DoD marketplace.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
csis.org | Gregory Sanders |Audrey Aldisert |Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
The war in Ukraine has served as a wake-up call for the U.S. defense industrial base (DIB). Russia’s invasion has illuminated longstanding supply chain vulnerabilities and a lack of surge capacity plagues the U.S. DIB. Expanding U.S. production capacity is critical amidst a return to great power competition, especially when the manufacturing powerhouse of the world may seek to resolve territorial disputes and the status of Taiwan through force.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
csis.org | Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
The U.S. DOD is in the business of managing risks, notably making tradeoffs between force size, readiness, and technological advancement as well as the traditional acquisition trifecta of cost, schedule, and budget.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
csis.org | Daniel Byman |Smart Women |Futures Lab |Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
Seth G. Jones President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair Seth G. Jones is president of the Defense and Security Department and Harold Brown Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He focuses on defense strategy, military operations, force posture, and irregular warfare.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
csis.org | Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
Locating and funding pathbreaking innovation to bring new capabilities to military forces is an enduring and pervasive challenge. The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) at CSIS is bringing together leaders from three investment and innovation organizations that are focused on equipping the warfighter with breakthrough technology to share their approaches and lessons learned. DIIG Director Dr. Cynthia R.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
csis.org | Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
This year, the Department of Defense issued the first ever National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) which is working to catalyze generational change to a more robust, resilient, and dynamic modernized defense industrial ecosystem. Dr. Cynthia R. Cook, the Director of CSIS’s Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) will host the Honorable Dr. Laura D.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
csis.org | Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
Please join the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) for a livestream discussion on Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) featuring Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT)) the Honorable Douglas R. Bush and General James E. Rainey, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Futures Command. The event will be moderated by DIIG Director Dr. Cynthia R. Cook and cover a range of relevant developments in Army UAS initiatives.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
csis.org | Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a call-in press briefing on Thursday, August 1, at 4:00 p.m. EDT to discuss the most critical issues surrounding the upcoming AUSMIN consultations in Washington, DC. CSIS experts will provide diverse perspectives on the state of U.S.-Australia relations; expectations for the meetings from Washington and Canberra; the uptick of activity in the Pacific; and defense-industrial cooperation.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
csis.org | Audrey Aldisert |Cynthia Cook |Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
This series—featuring scholars from the Futures Lab, the International Security Program, and across CSIS—explores emerging challenges and opportunities that NATO is likely to confront after its 75th anniversary. In the future, NATO’s success will hinge on its ability to unify and modernize its defense industrial base, ensuring that allies can swiftly codevelop, coproduce, and maintain the interoperable systems needed to meet emerging threats.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
csis.org | Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
Please join the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and CSIS’s Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at 1pm for a conversation on the launch of a joint report: Is NATO Ready for War? An Assessment of NATO’s Efforts to Strengthen Defense and Deterrence since the Madrid Summit.
