Recent defense manufacturing trends reveal that the Department of Defense has a sharper edge over its competitors.
FREMONT, CA: Globally, industries and manufacturing processes are increasingly strategizing their digital adoption to automate tasks across their operations. The supply chain also benefits from integrating digital tools to function smoothly to transport products and improve overall lead times for manufacturers. The digitalization of engineering and manufacturing industries is carrying the Department of Defense (DoD) into emerging industry 4.0.
The DoD relies on the smooth functioning of the supply chain to maintain its defense systems. Research estimates that the DoD requires USD 372 million to strengthen supply chains and domestic manufacturing capacities.
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The following trends in the current defense manufacturing industry show the following impact on the DoD.
Manufacturing potential: Aimed at enhancing industrial manufacturing capability, supply chain resiliency, and workforce development, the industrial base analysis and sustainment program within the acquisition and sustainment (IBAS) office undertake multiple projects.
The program's 64 active and planned projects in key defense industry sectors create a coalition of stakeholders and public-private partnerships that develop, build, and manufacture critical technologies and chemicals that keep warfighters at a competitive advantage for years to come. These efforts focus on the workforce, castings and forgings, microelectronics, batteries, kinetics, and critical chemicals that are all critical to the defense.
Skilled workers: Since the launch of its national imperative for industrial skills initiative (NIS), IBAS has invested approximately USD 130 million across 16 unique workforce-related projects to address the threat that an aging and shrinking manufacturing workforce poses to U.S. national security.
As part of NIS, a robust, national public-private workforce development ecosystem will be built through a national public-private partnership. To address the national skills gap, isolated solutions, and approaches will not be sufficient. A common operational model enables the Defense Department to drive coordinated efforts at local, regional, and national levels.
Digital adoption: Augmented reality (AR) in defense will grow due to the increasing computing power and data processing capabilities. While contractors already use AR for a wide range of applications, industry players say they have only scratched the surface of what is possible.
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