In support, the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program within the Department’s Acquisition and Sustainment office is leading multiple projects designed to increase industrial manufacturing capability, supply chain capability and resiliency, and workforce development.Ĭalling for industry, government, and educational institutions to work together, IBAS Program Director Adele Ratcliff recognizes today’s national manufacturing imperative as "a critical time for America - and what is on track to be a national crisis." Every manufacturing job spurs 7 to 12 new jobs in other related industries, helping to build and sustain our economy.Today, manufacturing employs over 12.5 million people and provides rewarding, living-wage jobs.
manufacturing is the main engine of innovation in the U.S., responsible for 55% of all patents and 70% of all research and development spending gross domestic product, yet it accounts for 35% of American productivity growth and 60% of our exports today, manufacturing represents just 11% of U.S. economy - every dollar spent in manufacturing results in an additional $2.79 added to the economy, making it the highest multiplier effect of any sector," said LaPlante. "As an engine of economic growth, American manufacturers contribute more than $2.35 trillion to the U.S. This effort requires significant investment in American workers and infrastructure, including $372 million in the president’s fiscal 2023 budget to strengthen the Nation’s supply chains through domestic manufacturing.
The Defense Department is taking decisive action to combat these challenges in order to achieve two imperatives: to maintain capability and capacity to sustain legacy systems and to expand and modernize manufacturing capabilities to build tomorrow’s defense systems. Known manufacturing chokepoints across sectors - including skilled labor, machine tools, critical chemicals and a reliance on foreign resources - are impacting operational readiness.
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