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Established in Section 1841 of FY26 National Defense Authorization Act in December 2025, the Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network (CRMN) mobilizes the commercial industrial base to provide distributed, on-demand manufacturing capacity.
The CRMN serves as a critical asset to ensure America can build and scale at the speed of relevance, particularly in a moment of national mobilization. Its core purpose is to establish a distributed network of American manufacturers willing and interested in working with the Department of War (DoW) to convert their commercial production capacity for defense production in times of national crisis or conflict.
This initiative is built specifically for commercial manufacturers. Rather than relying solely on traditional defense primes, the DoW is treating "the factory as the weapon" and partnering with the commercial sector to identify manufacturing capability and capacity relevant to defense demands. We want to partner with patriotic business who are willing to say, “I will convert my production capacity for defense needs and support the warfighter when called to do so." The Network will also include existing defense businesses that have existing capacity currently used for other purposes that can be converted to defense production. We need more defense contractors now than any other time since World War II.
We are actively seeking patriotic, commercial partners to join this effort. Manufacturers ready to support this national security imperative should register their interest directly on the DoW's LYNX platform. The CRMN Interest Pathway is now deployed on lynxconnect.io.
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