Defense Industry, Acquisition, and Innovation

For the first time, the CSIS Defense and Security Department’s HTK Series welcomes a featured guest, Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), to discuss the most consequential issues defining the future of U.S. strategic forces.

On this episode of All About the Base, host Dr. Jerry McGinn discusses the impacts of the war in Iran on regional energy supplies and the implications for global energy infrastructure with Dr. Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program. 

All About the Base host and CIB Director Dr. Jerry McGinn talks with Dr. Alexis Lasselle Ross, President of Apex Defense Strategies, on the debates concerning the "Right to Repair" and the competing priorities of innovation, cost mitigation, and sustainment.

All About the Base Host Jerry McGinn speaks with Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners about private capital investment and government equity stakes in key defense suppliers. 

All About the Base's Jerry McGinn hosts the Honorable Emily Murphy, former administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration, for a discussion on government programs and incentives to support small business innovation, including SBIR.

Please join the CSIS Defense and Security Department for a conversation on the Secretary of War’s Arsenal of Freedom tour.

This CIB All About the Base episode, featuring CSIS Wadhwani AI Center Fellow Kate Bondar, will dive into how Ukraine has leveraged its commercial sector, the core features of Russia's state-directed industrial model, and Ukraine's industrial scaling challenges.

The CSIS Center for the Industrial Base is proud to launch the first episode of All About the Base, a video series examining key industrial base issues. The first episode explores Secretary Hegseth's plans for defense acquisition reform.

CSIS will host Mr. Konrad Golota, Polish Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of State Assets, for a fireside chat on the Polish defense industry's rapid expansion and adaptation to regional threats and opportunities for industrial cooperation with transatlantic partners.