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Modernizing the Defense Industrial Base
U.S. manufacturers are racing to give the military quicker access to critical parts
The Pentagon is working to modernize the U.S. defense industrial base by leveraging the technologies and innovative spirit of American product developers and manufacturers. Its approach emphasizes rapid development, manufacturing, and delivery of essential parts and components to the battlefield. Today, many of those parts are for innovative unmanned aerial systems, or drones, which have quickly become a top national defense priority. Read what technologies are getting to the field faster here.
Cover image: Under contract with a U.S.-based military drone manufacturer, KULR Technology Group will deliver prototype lithium-ion battery packs for unmanned aerial vehicles and handheld controllers. (Image: KULR Technology Group/Globe Newswire)
Cover Design by Dave Campbell.
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• ➜ MADE IN AMERICA
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Developments in materials that can improve your parts and products — from smart materials to exotic metals and alloys, ceramics, composites, engineered plastics, metamaterials, and more. MORE…
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