Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
Strengthening our understanding of the relationship between the Department of Defense and its industrial base
DIIG provides timely, in-depth analysis on the critical issues at the cross-section of the Department of Defense and its industrial base. With a focus on defense acquisition trends, technological innovation, security cooperation, and ongoing reform efforts, DIIG monitors important developments in the global defense industry. DIIG’s products consist of major research projects, published reports, commentaries, interviews, and events.
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- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Paige Montfort
- Media Relations Manager, External Relations
- 202.775.3173
- pmontfort@csis.org
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Bolstering Collective Resilience in Europe
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine puts the necessity for European resilience into sharper focus. This brief argues for a new framing of NATO’s approach to resilience to amplify allies’ combined capacity to tackle shared challenges and threats.
Brief by Cynthia Cook and Anna M. Dowd — December 9, 2022

Executive Summary: 2021 CSIS-DAPA Conference
Report by Gregory Sanders — December 5, 2022
Inflating the Risk? Contracting in the Face of Inflation
Critical Questions by Gregory Sanders and Alexander Holderness — December 1, 2022

Keeping the U.S. Military Engine Edge: Budget and Contract Trends
Brief by Gregory Sanders and Nicholas Velazquez — October 31, 2022

Pathways to Implementing Comprehensive and Collaborative JADC2
Report by Cynthia Cook , Rose Butchart , Gregory Sanders , and Alexander Holderness — September 27, 2022
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Meeting the China Challenge
Report by James Andrew Lewis , John J. Hamre , Matthew P. Goodman , Scott Kennedy , Scott Miller , John Schaus , Stephanie Segal , Andrew Philip Hunter , and Samm Sacks — January 29, 2018

Charting a New Course for the Industrial Base
Event by Andrew Philip Hunter , Eric Chewning , Frank Kendall , and John Luddy — January 22, 2018

Measuring the Impact of Sequestration and the Drawdown on the Defense Industrial Base
Report by Gregory Sanders , Andrew Philip Hunter , and Rhys McCormick — January 22, 2018
Impact of Sequestration and the Drawdown on the Different Sectors of the Industrial Base
Report by Gregory Sanders , Andrew Philip Hunter , and Rhys McCormick — December 15, 2017

U.S.-Korea Defense Acquisition and Security Cooperation
Event — December 11, 2017

ISP Brief November 2017
Newsletter — November 30, 2017

Small Satellites, Big Missions
Report by Kaitlyn Johnson , Andrew Philip Hunter , Daniel Querejazu , and Lucien Randazzese — September 22, 2017

U.S.-Canadian Defense Industrial Cooperation
Event by Andrew Philip Hunter , Frank Kendall , Martin Zablocki , and David Drabkin — September 19, 2017

Reorganizing the Defense Acquisition System
Critical Questions by Andrew Philip Hunter and Rhys McCormick — August 3, 2017

Future of Vertical Lift: Forging a New Paradigm
Event by Andrew Philip Hunter , H. Eric "Delta" Burke , David Dowling , Keith Flail , Col Robert Freeland , Richard Koucheravy , and Dave Schreck — July 25, 2017
