The Defense Department has in recent months advanced its goal of developing domestic supply chains to ensure continued access to the rare earth materials needed to manufacture the permanent magnets used in important U.S. military weapons systems.
“DoD’s recently published National Defense Industrial Strategy will guide the creation of a modernized defense industrial ecosystem,” said Laura Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. Taylor-Kale has a doctorate in management science and engineering with a specialization in organizations, technology, and entrepreneurship from Stanford University’s School of Engineering.
“Resilient supply chains are essential to this goal. The US can no longer afford to rely on overseas, single-points-of-failure for critical components,” Taylor-Kale added.