Energy Infrastructure and the Defense Industrial Base
Center for Strategic and International StudiesPolicy briefMarch 17, 2026At publisher
Joseph Majkut, Alexander Palmer, Raj Sawhney
Pillar
Forge, Industrial Systems
Materials, manufacturing capability, and the capital equipment that builds them.
Systems
- Primary Materials
Steel, aluminum, copper, and other primary metal and material production.
- Intermediate Materials
Chemicals, polymers, composites, and processed inputs to manufacturing.
- Advanced Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing, robotics, automation, and advanced production methods.
- Capital Equipment
Machine tools, industrial machinery, and the equipment base that builds capacity.
Publications across this pillar
Technical Report Summary of Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources for Morenci Mine, Arizona, U.S.
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.Technical reportJanuary 31, 2026At publisher
James Young, Paul Albers, Luis Tejada and 2 more
Advanced Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Battery Manufacturing in the United States
Congressional Research ServiceReportNovember 26, 2025At publisher
Yong W. Kwon
Building greater resilience and capacity in the US national security industrial base
Brookings InstitutionReportNovember 26, 2025At publisher
Michael E. O'Hanlon, Marta E. Wosinska, Mark Muro and 1 more
AC to AC Solid State Transformer with Bidirectional Switches
Sandia National LaboratoriesTechnical reportOctober 2025At publisher
Jack D. Flicker, Jake Mueller, Luciano Garcia-Rodriguez and 7 more
Simulating regional workforce impacts of decarbonizing integrated steelmaking
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer reviewedMay 5, 2025At publisher
Jillian Miles, Christophe Combemale, Valerie J. Karplus and 1 more
The Role of Hydrogen in Decarbonizing U.S. Iron and Steel Production
Environmental Science and TechnologyPeer reviewedMarch 6, 2025At publisher
Katherine H. Jordan, Paulina Jaramillo, Valerie J. Karplus and 2 more
Ending Self-Imposed Scarcity: Exploiting America's Commercial Strengths to Mobilize Weapons Production
Hudson InstituteReportMarch 2025At publisher
Bryan Clark, Dan Patt, Nadia Schadlow
Identifying Risks in the Energy Industrial Base: Supply Chain Readiness Levels
Department of EnergyReportJanuary 2025At publisher
Andrew Alcorta, Justin Badlam, Arthur Haubenstock and 1 more
Large Power Transformer Resilience
Department of EnergyReportJuly 2024At publisher
Grid Deployment Office
Technical, Environmental, and Economic Analysis Comparing Low-Carbon Industrial Process Heat Options in U.S. Poly(vinyl chloride) and Ethylene Manufacturing Facilities
Environmental Science and TechnologyPeer reviewedMarch 6, 2024At publisher
Carrie Schoeneberger, Jennifer B. Dunn, Eric Masanet
Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap
Department of EnergyReportSeptember 2022At publisher
U.S. Department of Energy