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The Reality of American Manufacturing and Pandemic Resilience Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is little evidence of systemic weaknesses in the United States’ “industrial capabilities” (i.e., the ability to produce the goods that the country needs in times of war or other national emergency)—the metric that, along with access to similar capabilities abroad, the Department of Defense considers critical for national security. In fact, the U.S. manufacturing sector remains among the most productive in the world and is a global leader (see Table 1). The sector’s health is perhaps...

ALG Health ALG Health rose to the challenge, determined to shift manufacturing back to the US to meet rising demand. The company made a significant investment in their state-of-the art facility in Ohio, which is making N95 masks that are "100% Made in the USA" from start to finish and approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The company recently received FDA-approval for their foldable N95 to be used as a surgical mask. They're scaling rapidly–and at full capacity–will be able to produce 1 million masks/day. Red One Medical will provide these masks, w...

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The new U.S. Marine Corps PT shorts. (Illustration: U.S. Marine Corps) "The Marine Corps is developing a new PT uniform with improved materials to ensure better fit, form and function," said Kelly Flynn, with Marine Corps Systems Command. "The new PT uniform is currently in source selection, so further details cannot be discussed at this time." The service updated its requirements for the new PT uniform on the government's contract solicitation site this month. The Marine Corps plans to buy 900,000 physical training uniform sets over a five-year period, documents state. Marines hoping for a r...

Biden’s jab that foreign company contracts went up 30% under Trump Glenn Kessler © Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images “Under the previous administration, the federal government contracts awarded directly to foreign companies went up 30 percent. That is going to change on our watch.” — President Biden, This article has been updated with additional analysis of the data and new Pinocchio rating We were immediately struck by these comments during a “Made in America” ceremony to announce new rules to prod federal agencies to buy more U.S.-manufactured goods. After all, f...