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• Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III

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  From the Overview: "The Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program is dedicated to ensuring the timely availability of essential domestic industrial resources to support national defense and homeland security requirements. The program works in partnership with the Uniformed services, other government agencies, and industry to identify areas where critical industrial capacity is lagging or non-existent. Once an area is identified, the program engages with domestic companies to mitigate these risks using grants, purchase commitments, loans, or loan guarantees. By executing its mission, the DPA Title III program reduces the nation's reliance on foreign supply chains and ensures the integrity of materials supplied to the American Warfighter. [...] The DPA Title III has three broad focus areas: [1]' Sustain Critical Production'[:] Programs addressing Industrial Base capability and capacity, whose primary focus is generating and sustaining Material Availability, Reliability, Maintainability, Mobility, Commonality, or Affordability. [2] 'Commercialize Research & Development Investments'[:] Advanced Component or System Development and Demonstration capabilities may require investments to retain a qualitative edge in capabilities and establish commercial viability or scale up. Typical programs may begin with a technology proven capable of producing prototype components or systems in a production relevant environment. [3] 'Scale Emerging Technologies'[:] Emerging Technology Investments enable the rapid and affordable introduction of new capabilities into the organic or commercial marketplace. The technologies may be developed to respond to an emerging threat, a capability gap, or may enhance interoperability or service of existing systems or platforms. The interest in these projects may be the result of revolutionary RD&D [research, development and demonstration] capabilities."

  United States. Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy
• Securing Defense-Critical Supply Chains: An Action Plan Developed in Response to President Biden's Executive Order 14017

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  From the Executive Summary: "The Department of Defense (DoD) requires healthy, resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure the development and sustainment of capabilities critical to national security. The ongoing COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic highlighted vulnerabilities in complex global supply chains in very real ways to the public, government, and industry. Beyond COVID-19, supply chain disruptions have become more frequent and severe overall. In order to strengthen the national industrial base during times of disruption, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14017, America's Supply Chains, on February 24, 2021. The E.O. calls for a comprehensive review of supply chains in critical sectors, including the defense industrial base (DIB). This report provides DoD's assessment of supply chains in the DIB and articulates the Department's plans to ensure security of supply for items vital to national security."

  United States. Department of Defense; United States. Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy; United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

  2022-02