New Initiatives at the DoW’s Office of Industrial Base Growth

Hudson Institute – Revitalizing and expanding the United States defense industrial base (DIB) is a top priority for the second Trump administration, which recognizes that “American national power depends on a strong industrial sector capable of meeting both peacetime and wartime production demands.” In line with this assessment, the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) set the goal of making the United States “the world’s premier arsenal, one that can produce not only for ourselves but also for our allies and partners at scale, rapidly, and at the highest levels of quality.” The Department of War has been driving this effort by implementing long-overdue reforms across the national security ecosystem.