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Cybersecurity

Spend any length of time in any particular industry and you’ll hear the same statements being made that purport to be ‘facts.’ Dig just below the surface however, and you often find out that when it comes to the security of Defense Industrial Base (DIB) these statements are more myth and legend than fact. As the National Center for Cybersecurity in...

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Cybersecurity

When can a manufacturing company be cyberattacked and not cyberattacked at the same time?

The answer — anytime — is not a paradox like the famous thought experiment about Schrödinger’s cat. Manufacturers belong to supply chains and rely on vendors, many of which have digital connections that can be exploited by hackers. An attack on one company...

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Manufacturing

In manufacturing, capacity is easy to picture. We think about square footage, machines, workers, shifts and production lines. I understand why. Those are real levers, and manufacturers need them.

But the more I look at advanced manufacturing, especially defense manufacturing, the more I come back to a simple point: A factory can improve and still...

Manufacturing

When we talk about aerospace in America, we talk about our great past achievements. We talk about the opportunities that lie ahead. We talk about how innovative our industrial base is. What we don’t talk about are the challenges and needs for transforming that innovation into actual production. In the fields of aviation, space, and national...

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America 250, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing

America was born in secrecy. Long before there were classification markings or national security directives, a small group of colonial legislators understood something essential: the survival of a revolution depended on keeping the right information out of the wrong hands.

Building the Architecture

George Washington didn't wait for formal policy...