Burden Sharing via Modular Open Systems Approaches: A Collaborative Path to Affordable Mass

Published on January 31, 2025

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. The first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS)—and its accompanying implementation plan—means the message has been received by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), but the United States cannot go it alone.

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