LAYERS OF CONCERN
FIGURE 1
Aviation, Missile and Space Sector
PEO Aviation PEO Missiles and Space Aviation and Missile Command LCMC Aviation and Missile RDEC
Ammunition and Armaments Sector
PEO Ammunition Joint Munitions and Lethality LCMC Joint Munitions Command Armaments RDEC
effort to evaluate the ability of the Army’s production base to sustain acqui- sition and readiness, and to provide recommendations
for risk mitigation.
Trough the integration of program inputs from each LCMC, RDEC, PEO and senior Army leadership, the IBBA focuses each organization’s assessment on critical industrial base capabilities, tech- nologies and capacities.
Ground Combat Sector
PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support
PEO Ground Combat Systems PEO Soldier
PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation TACOM LCMC Tank Automotive RDEC
Communications and Electronics Sector
PEO Command, Control and Communications – Tactical/ Joint Tactical Networking Center
PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors
PEO Enterprise Information Systems Communications-Electronics Command Communications and Electronics RDEC
CONCLUSION It takes a joint approach by major players to assess the many challenges faced by the defense industrial base and find solutions that will preserve its health, integrity and technical superiority in support of the warfighter.
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Sector Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense
PEO Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
Research, Development and Engineering Command Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
Tere is no doubt that the current wave of defense cuts, combining predictable effects of the drawdowns from Iraq and Afghani- stan with the unpredictable consequences of sequestration, is very different from past defense budget reductions, and its impact on the industrial base is going to be sig- nificant. Tis impact calls on the Army to balance cuts across all parts of acquisition and force structure and to limit million- dollar problems to million-dollar solutions.
FIVE SECTORS
The Army has divided the industrial base into five sectors that align with the efforts of PEOs, LCMCs and other major players. (SOURCE: Juan L. Millan)
Te challenges are forcing the Army to take a deep, hard look at the firms that supply the technologies our armed forces use, as they are important to national security.
number. As a result, a supplier of criti- cal components (tank periscopes) was identified and a project funded to keep this fragile capability available for future ground vehicle programs.
Te Warfighter Information Network – Tactical ( WIN-T) assessment revealed specialized skill sets and a critical sup- plier at high risk of being lost due to decreased funding. (See related article on Page 42.)
Te rotary-wing and missile sector’s Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Sys- tem (UAS) assessment provided a list of critical
skills or production capa-
bilities at high risk of being lost due to decreased funding. Te assessment will facilitate the development of strategies to mitigate these risks.
2.Te Industrial Base Baseline Assess- ment (IBBA)—Te IBBA is
another
Qualitative superiority in weaponry and other key military technology has become an essential element of American military power in the modern era, not only for winning wars but also for deterring them.
To be trial base must
successful, the future indus- be
capability- and
capacity-based, using innovative prac- tices to achieve integrated capabilities that are both flexible and responsive.
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