
Strategic Competition > Security
Defense Industrial Base
Americaโs military strength depends on its industrial strength

Kennedy has attende every day of AFA's Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference for the last four years - shown here with Anduril's Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).
Years of consolidation, outsourcing, and atrophied production capacity have left the U.S. defense base ill-equipped for prolonged or high-intensity conflict. This page explores how America must invest in workforce, manufacturing, innovation, and allied supply chains to restore the industrial backbone of national defense.
Insights & Engagements
๐๏ธ Engaging Administration or Congress, ๐ฐ Op-Ed / Ariticle / Quoted ๐๏ธ Podcast โ๏ธ Policy Brief ๐ฅ Roundtable / Event ๐ค Speaking ๐ฅ TV/Video ๐ Global
Aerospace - Space
- ๐ฅ Debrief on INTELSAT Satellite Operations by Peter Davidson - VP Global Government Affairs & Policy - February 26, 2025
- ๐ฅ AFA's Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference - September 2023
- ๐ฅ AFA's Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference - September 2022
- ๐ฅ Northrop Grumman Space Briefing - Wilson Center Dialogue - July 11, 2022
- ๐ฅ AFA's Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference - September 2021
- ๐ฅ Tour Lockheed Space - Littleton, CO - November 12, 2019
Shipbuilding
- ๐ฅ Portsmouth, NH Naval Shipyard - Briefing on Enlargement - May 31, 2024