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Vital Signs 2024: U.S. Defense Industrial Base Still Facing Headwinds

During the last 35 years, six U.S. administrations have worked tirelessly to deter peer conflict.

JUST IN: U.S. Semiconductor Industry Could Face Tech Worker Crisis by 2030

By 2030, the United States is projected to face a shortage of 67,100 technicians, computer scientists and engineers throughout the semiconductor industry and 1.4 million across the U.S. economy, according to a new study.

SPECIAL REPORT: Annual Survey Shows Growing Worry Over Health of Industrial Base

The National Defense Industrial Association has issued Vital Signs over the last three years to encourage conversations at all levels of government and among Americans interested in national defense about the necessary policies and investments required to maintain the superior readiness of the U.S. defense industrial base.