1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated January 22, 2021Defense Primer: U.S. Defense Industrial BaseThe Department of Defense (DOD) relies on a wide-ranging and complex industrial base for the products and services that enable the Departments warfighting capabilities. Definitions of what this indust
2、rial base encompasses vary in scope and emphasis. Some analysts and experts distinguish between a domestic defense industrial base (DIB) and a global DIB. The domestic DIB includes public-sector (government-owned, government-operated) facilities, academic institutions, and private-sector (commercial
3、) companies located in the United States. Congress has taken some interest and action to support and sustain the domestic DIB. The global DIB includes foreign-owned companies and commodities sourced from countries with which the United States maintains formal defense cooperation partnerships, as wel
4、l as foreign-owned companies and commodities sourced from countries without formal defense cooperation relationships with the United States. Together, the domestic DIB and portions of the global DIB form the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB), as established by 10 U.S.C. 2500. The DIB en