Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment
Global supply chain disruptions have become more common, with recent world events highlighting risks and vulnerabilities that undermine our national security. The 2022 Industrial Capabilities Report (ICR) report outlined strategic focus areas and enabling capabilities, associated vulnerabilities, and recommendations to strengthen the DIB. The FY 2027 IBAS budget request reflects the DoW’s commitment to ensuring our supply chains can provide our warfighters with decisive advantage. This budget includes investments to respond to Executive Orders, emerging and modernization priorities and technologies, and other defense requirements. The IBAS budget is the result of significant coordination for each strategic focus area via the Deputy’s Management Action Group (DMAG), which developed an integrated and prioritized investment strategy to address the most pressing needs for each focus area, to include mapping to investment authorities. The FY 2027 IBAS budget request reflects the outcome of the DMAG recommendations and has been coordinated to complement adjacent investments by related programs including the Defense Production Act Title III and Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) programs, and within the Military Services. Accordingly, investments in the following strategic focus areas will establish, sustain, and expand domestic capabilities and capacities to build more sustainable and resilient supply chains. Strategic & Critical Minerals - Nearly every DoW weapons system, information technology resource, and supply chain — from cutting-edge missile defense systems to petroleum refining — relies on critical minerals and materials. These include, but are not limited to, rare earth elements (REEs), germanium, vanadium, titanium, lithium, cobalt, gallium, and specialized alloys essential for various defense applications. In particular, the midstream minerals processing is heavily controlled by single nations for numerous materials. For example, a significant portion of global REE processing is concentrated in a single nation as well as other critical materials necessary for microelectronics manufacturing.
1. Strategic & Critical Minerals Critical Materials and Rare Earth Elements (REE): Continue efforts initiated in prior years to establish, sustain, and improve domestic minerals production capabilities and value-added manufacturing in support of defense and essential commercial product production. Prioritize investment of current funding…
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