Welcome to part one of our regular bi-monthly summary of recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports and primers on a range of defense, weapon system, acquisition, sustainment, product support, and supply chain management-related topics. Just a handful of recent issuances of potential interest to the defense acquisition workforce community including:

• Defense Primer: The United States Space Force, Nov 16, 2022
• Defense Primer: Department of the Navy, Nov 15, 2022
• Defense Primer: Naval Forces, Nov 15, 2022
• Defense Primer: Quantum Technology, Nov 15, 2022
• Defense Primer: U.S. Precision-Guided Munitions, Nov 15, 2022
• Defense Primer: Directed-Energy Weapons, Nov 14, 2022
• Defense Primer: Electronic Warfare, Nov 14, 2022
• Defense Primer: Emerging Technologies, Nov 14, 2022
• Defense Primer: Hypersonic Boost-Glide Weapons, Nov 14, 2022
• Defense Primer: The United States Air Force, Nov 14, 2022
• Defense Primer: United States Airpower, Nov 14, 2022
• Defense Primer: What Is Command and Control, Nov 14, 2022
• Defense Primer: RDT&E, Nov 10, 2022
• Great Power Competition: Implications for Defense—Issues for Congress, Nov 08, 2022
• Emerging Military Technologies: Background and Issues for Congress, Nov 01, 2022
• FY2023 NDAA: National Defense Stockpile, Oct 31, 2022

As regular DAU LOG Blog readers are aware, when I share these bi-monthly highlights of their reports (and particularly for those not familiar with the CRS), I like to include a reminder that the organization “…serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the behest of and under the direction of Congress. Information in a CRS Report should not be relied upon for purposes other than public understanding of information that has been provided by CRS to Members of Congress in connection with CRS’s institutional role. CRS Reports, as a work of the United States Government, are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Any CRS Report may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without permission from CRS. However, as a CRS Report may include copyrighted images or material from a third party, you may need to obtain the permission of the copyright holder if you wish to copy or otherwise use copyrighted material.”

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