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"Sourcing is a national security decision."
1️⃣Manufacturers: Qualify 2nd sources. Map Tier 3.
2️⃣Tech: Design for the factories & workforce we have.
3️⃣Capital: Invest in hard tech (munitions & castings).
We're hiring scientists, engineers & experts to secure supply ⛓️s. DM us!
Office of the ASW for Industrial Base Policy retweeted
The @DeptofWar announced a framework agreement with @BAESystemsInc to ramp APKWS® production.
“The Arsenal of Freedom exists for one purpose: to guarantee our warfighters decisive advantage.” -@USDASDuffey #DIB #ArsenalofFreedom
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🧵 (1/4) How are we filling the 400K open jobs in the Defense Industrial Base?
With funding from IBP's IBAS program, MEERA (Manufacturing & Engineering Education Reimagined for All) grew 900% this year - expanding from 1,500 to 15K+ students across 54 labs! #BuildFreedom
ALT Student participates in MEERA curriculum
ALT Student participates in MEERA curriculum
ALT Student participates in MEERA curriculum
(3/4) Strategic investment works!
MEERA-MI launched in Fall 2025 with $900K in Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment funding. Strong demand & performance led local, state, and private partners to step up with $5M in matching funds to build an additional 27 labs.
(4/4) MEERA is also expanding across the Pacific in support of @USPACOM. 🌴
We've launched our first high school program in Hawaii (now at 7 programs across Honolulu & Maui) and 2 new middle school labs in Guam.
We are training 4K+ Pacific students in critical tech skills!
“The excitement of what we’re trying to do is not focus on the resource constraints and limitations, but asking, where can I have the biggest impact today.”
Hear ASW Cadenazzi discuss DIB investment & unlocking massive manufacturing capacity. Thanks @AaronBMacLean for hosting.
“All of that is going to be way more expensive in blood and treasure.”
Michael Cadenazzi oversees billions in Pentagon investments to rebuild America’s defense industry and prepare for the next war.
Watch the full episode with @AaronBMacLean on School of War.
Right now it takes 8 years to make a skilled nuclear welder at HII. We’ve got to go faster to close the gap and to make sure that those folks are providing value sooner along the way. 🧑🏭
Augmenting workers' capabilities will increase long-term satisfaction, retention & ROI.
For every two skilled tradespeople entering the workforce, five are retiring, says Michael Cadenazzi, Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy.
At SCSP’s AI+ Robotics summit, he argued that pairing skilled workers with robotics could let one person operate multiple machines—and help make those careers more productive and rewarding.
How does 🇺🇸 turn robotics breakthroughs into lasting defense advantages? Hon. Cadenazzi & @scsp_ai @bajraktariy explored how a combat-ready force depends on uniting autonomous tech w/scaled production, capital & skilled workers through programs like @BuildFreedomUS. Thanks, SCSP!
🤖 Final afternoon updates from the AI+ Robotics Summit:
Fireside: Robots and the Defense Industrial Base
Michael Cadenazzi (Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy), in conversation with Ylber Bajraktari (SCSP), said the industrial base’s constraint has shifted from design to throughput and workforce. Robotics can help skilled tradespeople do more, alongside stable demand and less reliance on China-dependent supply chains.
On the sidelines of #AUSA2026, ASW Hon. Cadenazzi joined leaders from 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇳🇿&🇬🇧 to discuss defense industrial cooperation.
They focused on deepening Five Eyes coordination & translating shared requirements into rapid production, delivery & readiness.
Thanks 🇨🇦 for hosting.
ALT Panelists on a stage at the Embassy of Canada to the United States
“The Smaller War Plants Commission will now be able to surge strategic capital to the small businesses that build the ships, munitions, microelectronics, . . . and technologies our warfighters rely on,” stated @SecWar of Monday's announcement. Learn more: sba.gov/swpc.
Today, @SecWar and I announced a major new agreement to surge capital to America’s small manufacturers and supercharge U.S. defense production.
Building on the Smaller War Plants Commission, @SBAgov and @DeptofWar will connect small manufacturers with financing and investment—mobilizing American industry to accelerate weapons production, expand our arsenal, and deliver the capabilities our warfighters need to dominate the battlefield.
Under President Trump, we’re ending the era of foreign dependence and building an Arsenal of Freedom that can outproduce, out-innovate, and outlast any adversary to secure lasting peace through strength.
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Office of the ASW for Industrial Base Policy retweeted
Navy sixth-generation air dominance starts now. Congrats to the @USNavy on awarding the F/A-XX program to Boeing and keeping our naval aviators on the cutting edge. war.gov/News/Releases/Releas…
Office of the ASW for Industrial Base Policy retweeted
.@DeptofWar awarded an up-to-$20.7B contract to @RTX_News to nearly double AMRAAM production, delivering critical, decisive capabilities to U.S. and allied forces. #ArsenalofFreedom war.gov/News/Releases/Releas…
To reduce foreign supply chain chokepoints, @DeptofWar is investing $450M in @TheElmetGroup. We're securing the critical tungsten supply chain behind 100+ defense programs like the F-35, protecting our warfighters, and bolstering the Arsenal of Freedom. 🇺🇸
ALT Fire Controlman 3rd Class Ting Ting Dong feeds 20mm tungsten rounds into a close-in weapons system (CIWS) on the fantail of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is underway in the eastern Pacific Ocean conducting routine maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jenna Dobson)
Office of the ASW for Industrial Base Policy retweeted
Today, at the Pentagon, we unfurled the American flag in solemn remembrance of the nearly 3,000 Americans who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
Twenty-five years later, their memory remains with us.
We will never forget.
Thanks @KenCalvert, @RepDavidValadao & @RepEdCase for discussing the hundreds of thousands of good-paying, AI-proof jobs available today across the DIB and in skilled trades.
These jobs will allow young men and women to serve their country and enjoy a better quality of life.
🚨@DeptofWar is launching the Secure Space Network.
IBP's @BusinessDefense is deploying ~50 mobile SCIFs & secure systems across the U.S.
We're ensuring commercial suppliers & small businesses have the infrastructure needed to deliver for our warfighters.
Read more 👇🔗
Big News for Industry: Secure Space Network breaks down one of industry’s most persistent barriers to classified defense work--nationwide access to SCIFs.
Pass it on!
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#DoW #SCIF #SmallBusiness
ALT Big News for Industry
Read about it here: war.gov/News/Releases/Releas…
🧵 [1/3] There’s no more road left to kick the can down — there is only action. #DIBX2026 brought together senior leaders, warfighters, investors, and DIB members in Philadelphia to rebuild and expand America’s industrial base. Here are the highlights 👇
[2/3] Wins:
• $25M+ to 6 Pitch Competition winners across strategic & critical materials, expeditionary mfg. of electronics & autonomous fuel distribution
• Announced Smaller War Plants Commission w/@SBA_Kelly
• Championed skilled trades & @BuildFreedomUS w/@mikeroweworks
[3/3] Download #DIBX2026 event photos: dvidshub.net/feature/DIBX
📊 Attendees: Complete the event survey! atisc.formstack.com/forms/di…
Stay tuned for more ways to accelerate delivery for the warfighter, incl. through the Smaller War Plants Commission w/@SBAgov.