From manufacturing planes and tanks, to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, to MRAPs and beyond, past wars were fought and won by surging the nation’s industrial base to meet unanticipated wartime requirements. In the future, wars will not just be won by how well we can manufacture materials and equipment, but by how efficiently we can modify and repair the equipment we have and return it to the battlefield. The key to enabling this critical capability lies in the Organic Industrial Base (OIB), our depots, arsenals, and shipyards, which in many instances are aging, inefficient, and face extreme challenges on their modernization journeys.
This project call is focused on a single Special Topic Area (STA) derived from the DoD OIB and contains 10 focus areas. Project teams can select one or more focus areas to address dual-use applications that are responsive to the specific needs of the DoD and the domestic manufacturing industry.