US DoD modernising industrial base according to officials

Land November 27, 2019

US service officials say they are making progress with the modernisation of their industrial base.

US military officials have praised the ongoing modernisation of the armed forces industrial base. Lieutenant General Duane A. Gamble spoke about the process before the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee.

Lieutenant Gamble was among representatives from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Army discussing readiness and the organic industrial base. He told lawmakers that a skilled workforce and hiring the best talent is crucial to ensuring modernisation.

Lieutenant Gamble, Army deputy chief of staff for logistics, said: “The material readiness it enables is critical to ensuring our Army can provide the responsiveness, the depth and the capability demanded of us in the National Defense Strategy.”

“It’s helped us reduce our hiring time from 114 days to 85 days, which allows our [organic industrial base] to remain competitive with industry employers seeking the same critical skills. It’s a competition for talent. That plan will carry us over the next 20 years.”

“This plan is a forward-looking and forward-thinking solution that will keep our OIB, facilities and infrastructure postured and programmed to sustain Army readiness.”

Gamble also said the Army has an infrastructure master plan to help it maintain the appropriate level of readiness with an ageing organic industrial base, more than half of which was built before 1945. Navy and Air Force representatives also spoke about the Navy’s organic industrial base.

Commander of the Naval Sea systems command Vice Admiral Thomas Moore testified that four shipyards had seen a 25% increase in work since 2010. The Navy increased the size of public yards by more than 9,000 people to match that growth.

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