Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program

New Capabilities

Primary funder of BuildFreedom.US

BuildFreedom.US started in Texas, Michigan, and Pennsylvania in July and added Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin in September. The campaign exists because the defense industrial base is short of workers: about 400,000 skilled-trade jobs sit unfilled, a figure the department projects could reach 2.5 million by 2030.

Updated Oct 22