To strengthen small manufacturing
for the defense industry
White Papers
White Paper – The Invisible Base
The Invisible Base:
How Operation Epic Fury Reveals U.S. Defense Industrial Base’s True Fragility
White Paper: Accelerating Industrial Base Issues from Operation Epic Fury
By: Michael Morford Download PDF Strategic Lessons from Operation Epic Fury for U.S. Defense Production, Allied Integration, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction A Policy Analysis By Michael
White Paper: Civilian Industrial Reserve Forces (CIRF)
By: Michael Morford Download PDF Civilian Industrial Response Forces (CIRF) A National Surge Workforce for the Modern Era Background: The Proven Guard & Reserve Model
White Paper: What Large Language Models Can’t Do (Yet)
By: Michael Morford Download PDF What Large Language Models Can’t Do (Yet) A Practical Guide for DOD Leaders Understanding the Invisible Limitations of ChatGPT, Ask
Knudsen White Paper: Speed Without Access
White Paper: Speed Without Access
Why Defense Reform Still Misses the Industrial Base
April 2025
Michael Morford
White Paper: Asymmetric Surge Capacity
By: Phil DivinskiDownload PDF Ares and Plutus are Blood Brothers. War and economics are interdependent. Armed conflict consumes all of the factors of production: land, labor,