About the DIBC

Led by the efforts of the Consortium Manager, this OT Agreement will accelerate Department of Defense (DoD) access to technologies typically reserved for commercial development. The consortium managed OT Agreement will enhance MCEIP’s mission of addressing defense supply chain issues, developing the industrial workforce, sustaining critical production, commercializing Research and Development (R&D) efforts, and rapidly scaling emerging technologies to build a robust, resilient DIB.

The following sectors are considered to be critical to the defense industrial base:

  • 1

    Strategic and Critical Materials

  • 2

    Kinetic capabilities

  • 3

    Energy storage and batteries

  • 4

    Castings and forgings

  • 5

    Microelectronics

  • 6

    Workforce Development

The following additional areas of interest are also considered to be critical within MCEIP:

  • 1

    Small Unmanned Aerial Systems

  • 2

    Submarine Industrial Base

  • 3

    Space Industrial Base

  • 4

    Emerging Manufacturing Technology

The specific sectors deemed critical within the DIB today may change and expand over the life of the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC).