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CSIS's The Future of Military Engines looks at the state of the
U.S. military engine industrial base and the choices confronting
policymakers at the Department of Defense (DoD). The military
engine industrial base is closely tied to the industrial base for
commercial engines. U.S. engine providers use many of the same
facilities and largely the same supply chain for military and
commercial engines. The ability to leverage commercial supply
chains is critical because supply chain quality underlies the
performance advantage of U.S. military engines, both for individual
aircraft and military aircraft fleets. International competitors
such as Russia and China are seeking to overtake the U.S. in
engines. However, the current U.S. advantage is sustainable if it
is treated as a national priority. Many military aircraft,
especially fighters, require engines with important differences
from commercial aircraft. They fly different flight profiles and
perform different jobs. These differences mean that while DoD can
leverage the commercial engine industrial base, it must also make
investments to sustain the industrial base's unique military
components. In the next few years, DoD investment in military
engines is projected to decrease significantly, particularly for
R&D. This presents a challenge as military-unique engineering
skills are highly perishable. Four major policy choices confront
DoD as it formulates its investment approach to military engines
going forward: 1) Priority, 2) Resources, 3) Business Model, and 4)
Competition. The DoD is at an inflection point for engine
investment, and the time for choosing on these four key policy
questions will come in the next few years.
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