Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group

Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) focuses on issues related to the health and management of the global defense-industrial base.

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The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) focuses on issues related to the health and management of the global defense-industrial base. The group's research is organized around three major areas: top-down analyses concerning the overall health of the defense industry, bottom-up research on various industry sectors, and initiatives on particular policy topics related to the defense industry and globalization.

Projects

  • Current Issues

    A short newsletter packed with analysis and solid data on key current issues relevant to the U.S. defense industrial base and related broader topics.

  • Defense Industrial Base and Acquisition

    The Defense Industrial Base and Acquisition project focuses on assessing the health of the U.S. defense industry and analyzing the U.S. defense acquisition process.

  • European Defense Integration

    The European Defense project tracks trends in European defense spending, defense policy, and the European defense industrial base to provide detailed insights in Europe’s defense strategy.

  • Organizing for a Complex World

    The Organizing For A Complex World project takes on the issue of how to organize the creation of increasingly complex weapon systems and develop metrics for assessing these systems.

  • Professional Services Industrial Base

    The Professional Services Industrial Base project analyzes the growing reliance of the U.S. government on the private sector for professional and support services.

  • The Pentagon

    The Strengthening the Core project examines how the government and the private sector can work together to keep the defense industry competitive in an increasingly complex and fast-paced business environment.

  • U.S. Defense Export Control Regulations

    The Export Control project studies how the U.S. government can best protect key technologies and prevent the illicit spread of munitions and dual use goods while facilitating legitimate international defense trade and cooperation.

Contact

  • Project Manager, Defense Industrial Initiatives Group
    (202) 775-3183

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