Project Summary

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
National Security Assessments

Overview:
U.S. Air Force Supply Chain Survey and Assessment
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Technology
Evaluation (OTE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Air Force
Sustainment Center (AFSC) is conducting a survey and assessment of organizations affiliated with
the sustainment of U.S. Air Force systems supported by the AFSC.
The resulting data will provide a comprehensive understanding of the structure and
interdependencies of the organizations that participate in U.S. Air Force sustainment programs.
This joint effort will aid AFSC in multiple action areas of sustainment, including diminishing
manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS), foreign sourcing and dependencies,
innovation, product and service commodity classification, reliance and use of select critical
minerals, and cyber security, among other fields.
Roughly 10,000 organizations affiliated with U.S. Air Force sustainment will participate in this
mandatory data collection. Each contribution is vital to ensuring a meaningful, robust analytical
response intended to improve AFSC mission execution. BIS has partnered successfully with several
industrial segments in the past, such as rocket propulsion, semiconductor, healthcare, and strategic
materials, and we anticipate similar, mutually beneficial cooperation in the present collection.
Legal Protections and Requirements
The information collected from survey respondents may be used publicly only in aggregated form,
meaning at no time will such reporting identify your specific organization by name nor disclose
proprietary information. All information submitted to BIS is protected as confidential under
provisions of the Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950, as amended. Survey response
information, including your participation in the data collection, is exempt from Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) requests.
BIS Industrial Base Assessment Program
Since 1986, BIS has completed over 60 industrial base surveys and assessments covering a broad
number of critical technologies and industry sectors. To view previous BIS reports and surveys,
please visit our website at http://www.bis.doc.gov/dib.
Census Partnership
In order to streamline the survey submission process and ensure secure transmission of your Excel
response, BIS has partnered with the Census Bureau to administer the survey submission portal.
Surveys will be uploaded to Census however BIS retains authority over the use of all submitted
information.
Thank you for your cooperation. We look forward to working with you.