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:

• Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress, Oct 14, 2022
• Defense Primer: United States Transportation Command, Oct 13, 2022
• Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Program, Oct 11, 2022
• Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress, Oct 07, 2022
• Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress, Oct 07, 2022
• Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress, Oct 06, 2022
• FY2023 NDAA: Organic Industrial Base, Oct 03, 2022
• Hypersonic Missile Defense: Issues for Congress, Oct 03, 2022
• Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress, Oct 03, 2022
• Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress, Sep 29, 2022
• COVID-19: Potential Implications for International Security Environment—Overview of Issues and Further Reading for Congress, Sep 28, 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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