The people building America should have a voice in its future.
Too often, the knowledge of American entrepreneurs and builders is missing from the decisions shaping America’s industrial future. The Institute works with them to produce independent research and brings them into direct conversation with decision makers.
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The work behind our independence
American independence and sovereignty depend on industrial strength.
America’s freedom and capacity to produce at home begin with its people. Strengthening that capacity requires understanding the obstacles faced by those doing the work and bringing their knowledge to the people who can address them.
Our missionHow practical knowledge becomes public value
From the people building America to the people shaping its future.
We begin with questions raised by people working in industry, examine them against the evidence, and publish what we find. We then bring the people behind the work into conversation with those shaping policy and investment.
Investigate the obstacle
Work with people in industry and researchers to examine the evidence and distinguish a local problem from a wider industrial constraint.
Publish the findings
Make the findings accessible, with sources and limitations, so others can examine and use them.
Bring people into the discussion
Bring contributors together with decision makers to discuss the findings and what they mean for American industry.
Investigate the obstacle
Work with people in industry and researchers to examine the evidence and distinguish a local problem from a wider industrial constraint.
Publish the findings
Make the findings accessible, with sources and limitations, so others can examine and use them.
Bring people into the discussion
Bring contributors together with decision makers to discuss the findings and what they mean for American industry.
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The capacity
to make our future.
Research from
the work itself.
Visit the research libraryWhen Specifications Become Single Points of Failure: The Iran War Reaches U.S. Engine Oil
Reshoring Nitrile Gloves: America’s Cheapest Industrial Vulnerability
Who Trains the Next Generation? The Workforce Training Commons Problem
The Conversion Problem: A 50-Year Decision Being Made by Default
Before Government Uses AI on You, Someone Should Be Accountable
Architecting the Machine-Readable State: The Strategic Case for a State Chief AI Officer
Oil: The Price of Disruption
Powering the Buildout: Energy Demand Projections for Data Centers, Reshored Manufacturing, and Defense Production
A Federal Policy Framework for AI-Ready Interoperability
The Production Gap That’s Costing America the Technology Race.
SIOP for Aerospace and Defense
“America’s prosperity, sovereignty, and long-term security depend on a strong industrial and innovation base that endures from one generation to the next.”
Patrick J. Wolf, PhDPresident & Executive Director
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