Electronics Industry Leaders Available to Comment on Two-Year Anniversary of Defense Production Action

Today marks two years since President Biden issued Presidential Determination 2023-06, which invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA) to stimulate U.S. investment in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and related technologies. This action identified a critical technology shortfall that, if left unaddressed, would ‘severely impair national defense’ and undermine the American warfighter.   

The Biden finding stemmed from President Trump’s Executive Order 13806 in 2017, which initiated a comprehensive assessment of the U.S. defense industrial base. The assessment characterized the domestic PCB industrial base as “aging, shrinking, and failing to maintain the state of the art,” noting that “some advanced high-density interconnect products [are] simply not producible in the U.S.” 

Little has changed in the two years since President Biden’s finding. The U.S. continues to marginalize investments in the PCB industry that are essential to U.S. military superiority and mission-critical functions carried out by warfighters.

IPC welcomes President Trump’s commitment to strengthen the U.S. electronics industrial base through new policy initiatives and sustained, strategic investment. IPC is committed to working with the administration and policymakers on Capitol Hill to ensure that America’s defense electronics capabilities are secure, resilient, and world-class.

For insights and perspectives on this second anniversary, interviews are available with Chris Mitchell, IPC’s vice president of global government relations, and Richard Cappetto, IPC’s senior director of government relations. Learn more in this blog or by visiting ipc.org.