Defense Industry, Acquisition, and Innovation

CSIS' flagship Defense and Security Forum will convene leaders from government, industry, finance, and academia to discuss how American statecraft and military power can drive strategic advantage in the years ahead.

Military power alone cannot sustain American leadership. What, ultimately, must America defend in a more contested world: its economic dynamism, technological edge, and leadership of the international order? Beyond the battlefield, this conversation explores the foundations of enduring U.S. power.

Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project and NewSpace Nexus for a discussion on the 2025 State of the Space Industrial Base report.

On this episode of All About the Base, Dr. Jerry McGinn moderates a panel of Pentagon leaders at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Annual Acquisition Research Symposium & Innovation Summit on efforts to place the industrial base on a wartime footing.

On this episode of All About the Base, host Dr. Jerry McGinn discusses how the U.S. Army is modernizing capabilities with commercial technologies in conversations with private capital, defense technology, and Army acquisition leaders at the Army Demand Signal Forum.

Please join the Aerospace Security Project for a discussion on trusted drone manufacturing, resilient supply chains, and the future of defense industrial cooperation.

On this episode of All About the Base, host Dr. Jerry McGinn discusses the results of a TTX focused on the industrial capacity America and its allies need to succeed in a prolonged conflict scenario with Professor Mark Cancian, Senior Adviser with the CSIS Defense and Security Department.

Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park discuss the "Last Rounds?" report and assess whether the U.S. military nears the point of going "Winchester"— or running out of ammunition.