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Defense Industry, Acquisition, and Innovation

Analyzing issues related to defense reform and the management of the global defense industrial base.

CSIS seeks to understand policy changes and their impacts on the defense industry, the acquisition process, and defense innovation. This work focuses on defense reform, its effects on U.S. security strategy, and its implications for change around the world. This research is led by the International Security Program and the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG), with additional research conducted by the Burke Chair in Strategy, the Technology Policy Program, and others.

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Defense and Security

  • Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
  • Defense Budget
  • Defense Industry, Acquisition, and Innovation
  • Defense Strategy and Capabilities
  • Geopolitics and International Security
  • Long-Term Futures
  • Missile Defense
  • Space
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation
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Trends in Department of Defense Other Transaction Authority Usage
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Defense Spending and the “Ever Shrinking Fighting Force"
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In The Asia Chessboard
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Lt. Gen. Michael A. Guetlein on What’s Next for Space Systems Command
May 18, 2022
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A Conversation with the Honorable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence of Canada
April 28, 2022
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Tracking Developments in Counterspace Weapons
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Defense Acquisition Trends 2021
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US Army’s Priorities with GEN McConville, Army Chief of Staff
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Experts

Cynthia Cook
Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, International Security Program
Mark F. Cancian
Senior Adviser, International Security Program
Anthony H. Cordesman
Emeritus Chair in Strategy
Gregory Sanders
Deputy Director and Fellow, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
James Andrew Lewis
Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Technologies Program
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