Learn about the Title III of the federal Defense Production Act as well as the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program, a Department of Defense initiative.

Understand why these topics are critical for small businesses to monitor and how they can be leveraged to improve your contracting opportunities.

• Overview of DPA Title III where contractors may receive help to address actual or projected shortfalls in the domestic supply of certain industrial resources. Help can include things such as loans, direct investments, purchase commitments, or other assistance. Focus areas of the DPA Title III program include sustaining critical production, scaling emerging technologies, and commercializing research & development investments. Read more about the focus areas here: https://www.businessdefense.gov/ibr/mceip/dpai/dpat3/index.html
• The industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program, designed to ensure the resilience, security and technological superiority of the U.S. defense industrial base. IBAS identifies critical supply chain vulnerabilities, invests in workforce development and strengthens domestic production capabilities for essential defense materials and technologies. There are six priority industrial capability development areas including submarine and shipbuilding, workforce, kinetic weapons, microelectronics, critical chemicals, castings and forgings, and energy storage/batteries. Read more about the individual focus areas here: https://www.businessdefense.gov/ibr/mceip/icam/index.html