September is National Preparedness Month, raising awareness about disaster readiness and resiliency through public awareness initiatives. This year, the campaign highlights the importance of preparedness in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. The Pacific Islands, strategically significant to the Department of Defense, are particularly vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather events. Strengthening disaster response, infrastructure, and regional cooperation secures our strategic interests while supporting Pacific Island communities. The Department of Defense is committed to ensuring that we are ready to respond, assist, and perform critical national security functions during natural and human-caused emergencies. It’s equally important that our family members and dependents are informed, prepared, and supported. Visit Ready.gov to learn more about how you and your community can be better prepared for any situation.
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The official account for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment within the Department of Defense. OUSD(A&S) is focused on forming an acquisition system that moves at the speed of relevance, and to do that, has been shaped into an organization that provides a defense-wide adaptive acquisition framework from need identification to disposal. Using data-driven analysis linked to the National Defense Strategy, OUSD(A&S) scales to enable new product and process development and supports a culture of innovation, critical thinking, and creative compliance. Looking forward, OUSD(A&S) is prioritizing initiatives focused on rapidly responding to COCOMs' needs, modernizing the nuclear deterrent, executing acquisition reforms, sustaining critical weapon systems, collaborating with emerging partners, and ensuring our Nation's industrial base is robust, secure, resilient, and innovative. To be successful, we are ensuring our more than 170,000 acquisition professionals are prepared to take on these challenges through relevant training that is tailored to their immediate needs. Connections, shares, links, and likes does not equal endorsement.
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In today’s contested environments, logistics is critical to implementing our National Defense Strategy. The Defense Logistics Agency’s new 2025-2030 Strategic Plan focuses on transforming capabilities, strengthening partnerships, and building resilient supply chains to support warfighters across all domains. The plan highlights four key imperatives that will shape DLA’s future: 🔹 People 🔹 Precision 🔹 Posture 🔹 Partnerships 💡 Read the full plan to see how DLA is leading logistics transformation: https://lnkd.in/eRwgU98C #SustainTheForce
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#ICYMI: The United States Department of Defense announced 12 new awards to bioindustrial firms through the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP), bringing the total to 25 awards and $42M in funding: https://lnkd.in/eZMnuTDV As part of the White House's Executive Order 14081, these investments fuel America's leadership in #biotechnology, while helping the DoD build advanced defense capabilities for a secure and sustainable future. What’s the impact? ✅ Strengthening domestic biomanufacturing capacity ✅ Boosting supply chain resilience ✅ Driving innovation across the defense industrial base “Each DBIMP award demonstrates how DoD is committed to harnessing the innovation and advanced capabilities coming from industry,” said Dr. Laura Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. "Expanding domestic biomanufacturing capacity brings stability to supply chains and furthers our efforts to build a modernized defense industrial ecosystem." Learn more about these new awards below! #ExpandTheBase
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Earlier this morning, Secretary Austin released a memorandum highlighting the Department's continued actions to take care of our people, including seven new initiatives to enhance the wellbeing of our Service members and their families: https://lnkd.in/ebYqgJeM In A&S, we are committed to continuously improving quality of life as a critical component of readiness. From establishing the Unaccompanied Housing Tiger Team and launching the DoD Housing Feedback System, to a new pilot program offering free WiFi access for enlisted personnel in unaccompanied housing, learn more below about a number of efforts underway across the Department. #TakeCareOfOurPeople
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The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (OASD(IBP)) has awarded $9.5 million over three years to boost microelectronics education and training in Indiana through a partnership with non-profit Regional Opportunity Initiatives, Inc. This effort will help address workforce gaps and increase production, supporting the National Defense Industrial Strategy's focus on #supplychain resilience and workforce readiness. Funded through the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program’s Cornerstone Other Transaction Agreement, ROI will work closely with K-12 schools, postsecondary colleges and universities, employers, and other institutions to develop and enhance the region's advanced microelectronics expertise and ecosystem. Since the beginning of FY 2024, OASD(IBP)’s Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization Directorate have invested over $130 million in the defense microelectronics industrial base. #ExpandTheBase #NDIS #microelectronics #IBAS
DOD Improves Microelectronics Education and Workforce Training in Indiana
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Today, and everyday, we remember those lost on September 11, 2001—and especially the 184 lives taken when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the southwest corner of the Pentagon. "As we remember the heroes of that day — the first responders who rushed into danger, the Pentagon staff who stayed at their posts tirelessly amid the chaos, and the countless individuals who came together to offer support — we are reminded of the unbreakable spirit of the American people throughout these corridors and across this very courtyard," Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Christopher Grady said. "Let us commit to honoring the memory of those we lost by living our lives with purpose, by serving with integrity, and by working together to build a future where such acts of violence are but a distant memory; and may we continue to honor those we lost by living with the same courage, the same strength and the same dedication that they demonstrated on that fateful day." #NeverForget #September11th
23 years later, we have not forgotten. On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 lives were lost during terrorist attacks that forever changed our nation. As we honor their memories today, we’re also reminded to thank and honor the thousands of men and women who fought, served and died in Afghanistan and Iraq in the aftermath of that fateful day: http://spr.ly/6049Wc1Kc #NeverForget #September11th
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Yesterday, the United States Department of Defense announced a $4.22 million award via the Defense Production Act to Rare Earth Salts in Beatrice, Nebraska, to boost the production of terbium oxide from recycled fluorescent light bulbs. Terbium, vital for defense systems like aircraft, submarines, and missiles, is one of the rarest and hardest elements to source. "Rare Earth Salts' capability will help the United States establish a mine-to-magnet supply chain without reliance on foreign sources of material," said Dr. Laura Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. Rare Earth Salts is among the few producers of terbium oxide outside of China and uses environmentally conscious recycling processes. This award solidifies the U.S. commitment to securing a sustainable and secure supply of rare earth elements for national defense. #ExpandTheBase #NDIS #DPA #rareearths
Department of Defense Awards $4.22 Million to Increase Production of Terbium and Other Rare Earth Elements
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#DYK that more than $36 billion has been obligated on contract to procure capabilities for Ukraine or replace equipment drawn down from U.S. stocks? Learn more about U.S. security assistance provided to Ukraine, as well as the associated acquisition and industrial base actions, below. #SucceedThroughTeamwork
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🌍 Nearly 50 nations united at Ramstein Air Base on Friday as Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III led the 24th Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting alongside President Zelenskyy: https://lnkd.in/e_C9cdmG Key areas of focus included: ✈️ Strengthening Ukraine’s air defense capabilities 🔧 Accelerating coalition nations' defense production 🛡️ Supporting Ukraine's long-term sustainment and domestic production capacity Under the auspices of the UDCG, USD(A&S) LaPlante continues to lead the National Armaments Directors (NAD) in resolving procurement, production, and sustainment challenges to accelerate vital capability deliveries to Ukraine. Meeting 12 times since initially coming together in September 2022, learn more about the UDCG NADs' vital work over the last two years and the forum's direction for the future below ⬇ #SucceedThroughTeamwork
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The United States Department of Defense recently awarded $25.8 million under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to Honeywell in Plymouth, Minnesota, to strengthen our domestic microelectronics production capabilities. This investment secures the production of trusted microelectronics essential for radiation-intensive environments. “Reliable radiation-hardened microelectronics are critical to supporting the DoD’s strategic and space missions," said Dr. Laura Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. "This project ensures components are available to meet demand for current and future U.S. systems.” These efforts contribute to advancing 90-nanometer technology and align with the National Defense Industrial Strategy’s goals of expanding domestic production and increasing supply chain resilience. #ExpandTheBase #Microelectronics
Department of Defense Awards $25.8 Million to Sustain the U.S. Domestic Strategic Radiation-Hardened Microelectronics Supply Chain
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