El DoD de EEUU (Pent\u00e1gono) ha iniciado una serie de reformas cr\u00edticas para modernizar su Base Industrial de Defensa (BID) y acelerar los tiempos de entrega de sistemas con tecnolog\u00eda militar avanzada. El informe anual del REAGAN Institute destaca la necesidad de adoptar una mentalidad m\u00e1s comercial, simplificando procesos de adquisici\u00f3n que permitan atraer a m\u00e1s empresas tecnol\u00f3gicas no tradicionales. Si bien se proyecta un aumento de US$ 1.5 Billones del presupuesto de defensa para el a\u00f1o 2027, se afirma que persisten desaf\u00edos graves como la falta de capacidad manufacturera y la escasez de mano de obra cualificada. Asimismo, el documento advierte que, aunque hay mejoras en el suministro de minerales cr\u00edticos, la industria a\u00fan no est\u00e1 lista para sostener un conflicto a gran escala. En \u00faltima instancia, el informe concluye que se busca transformar la infraestructura de defensa en un ecosistema \u00e1gil, resiliente y tecnol\u00f3gicamente superior.<\/p>\n
While the Pentagon has signaled its intent to scale technology, field new systems faster, and work more with nontraditional vendors, a new report identifies persistent manufacturing capacity, resourcing, workforce, and modernization challenges that could hinder its ability to deliver on those goals.<\/p>\n
The Reagan Institute\u2019s annual\u00a0National Security Innovation Base report card\u00a0<\/a>measures the Pentagon\u2019s performance and progress in a number of areas the institute views as key indicators of a healthy, diverse defense industrial base.<\/p>\n \u201cWe see building blocks, but we\u2019re not there yet,\u201d Roger Zakheim, the Reagan Institute\u2019s Washington Director, told reporters March 11. \u201cThere are great aspirations for what has to happen within our innovation base and the impact it should have on our national defense. And we haven\u2019t seen sufficient, in our judgment, movement there. The production, the modernization is not revealing itself across the force like we think it should.\u201d<\/p>\n The aspirations Zakheim referenced are largely captured in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s strategy to\u00a0transform the way the Pentagon buys and fields systems<\/a>\u2014and which companies it partners with to do so. The new approach, revealed in November, calls for the military services to adopt a commercial-first acquisition mindset and craft tailored manufacturing strategies focused on ramping up production quantities. It also backs a number of reforms experts have called for in recent years, like eliminating the cumbersome Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System and making speed a performance metric for programs.<\/p>\n Those reforms, combined with signaling from the Trump administration that the fiscal 2027 budget request\u00a0could increase DOD\u2019s topline funding to $1.5 trillion<\/a>, send a strong message about funding priorities to companies looking to work with the department, the report notes. However, despite growth in defense tech spending\u2014and a stated interest in adopting more commercial technology\u2014awards to nontraditional defense companies still make up less than 1 percent of total contracts.<\/p>\n And a record-long government shutdown coupled with a lack of deeper program management reforms and unstable funding further complicates that message.<\/p>\n \u201c[The] \u201cAcquisition Transformation Strategy\u201d reinforces a deliberate push for faster, output-driven acquisition,\u201d the report states. \u201cStill, execution is constrained by appropriations delays, stop-gap funding, and limited visibility from appropriation to obligation.\u201d<\/p>\n