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Reimagining government-industry collaboration to foster innovation, build capacity, and achieve victory.
CSIS’s Center for the Industrial Base (CIB), formerly the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG), provides impactful research on the ways in which the United States and its allies can collaborate more effectively with industry of all types and build their respective industrial bases. The center primarily focuses on 1) DOD and federal industrial base challenges, 2) government contracting trends in defense, civilian agencies, and international markets, 3) industry-government collaboration, and 4) international industrial cooperation. CIB monitors important developments in the global defense industry and produces major research projects and long-form reports; commentaries and articles in popular media; and annual conferences and livestream roundtables.
Learn more about the CSIS Center for the Industrial Base and the experts and staff that contribute to our analysis.
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The United States Senate has passed legislation to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs through fiscal year 2031, though challenges remain to catalyze the long-term growth of small businesses.
Critical Questions by Jerry McGinn, Alek Jovovic, and A.J. Dilts — March 17, 2026
Report by CSIS Scholars — December 16, 2025
Commentary by Jerry McGinn and Cynthia R. Cook — December 5, 2025
Critical Questions by Jerry McGinn, Audrey Aldisert, and Kurt MacAloney — November 6, 2025
Commentary by Jerry McGinn — November 5, 2025
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.
Event — April 6, 2026
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.
Event — March 23, 2026
The United States Senate has passed legislation to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs through fiscal year 2031, though challenges remain to catalyze the long-term growth of small businesses.
Critical Questions by Jerry McGinn, Alek Jovovic, and A.J. Dilts — March 17, 2026
All About the Base host and Center for the Industrial Base Director Jerry McGinn speaks with Tom Karako, Director of the Missile Defense Project, on the state of U.S. munitions stockpiles in light of the strikes against Iran and the need for magazine "breadth" and not simply depth.
Event — March 10, 2026
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.
Event — March 2, 2026
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.
Event — February 17, 2026
This CIB discussion featuring Mr. Jeffrey Koses, Senior Procurement Executive at the U.S. General Services Administration, will dive into government-wide procurement reform efforts.
Event — February 4, 2026
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.
Event — January 20, 2026
The U.S. naval shipbuilding enterprise struggles to produce ships at the scale and speed demanded despite being a bipartisan priority for successive administrations and Congress. The White House must tackle complex, longstanding challenges to improve shipbuilding capacity.
Report by CSIS Scholars — December 16, 2025
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.
Event — December 15, 2025
