AdvancedManufacturing.org
Sustainability, Sustainable Manufacturing
Reverse Engineering the Smart Manufacturing Mindset

Conversations about digital transformation often focus on technology. Advancements in AI, software, the Internet of Things (IoT) and automation are supposed to, almost magically, transform legacy and manual processes into smarter, connected systems.

So how’s that working out? Not well, by many accounts.

Dozens of research reports detail the plague...

ARM Institute
The Robot Report
Announcement, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Manufacturing, Robotics
ARM Institute opens project call for military supply chain technology

The Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute issued a new organic industrial base technology and workforce project call. The ARM Institute made this project call available to its members only, not to the general public.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) is working to assemble concepts that...

LIFT Logo - Where Manufacturing Technology and Talent Matter
Department of Defense
Announcement, Design, Materials
DOW Aims to Accelerate Advanced Materials Processing

The Department of War (DOW) announced today the September 17, 2025 investment on a five-year contract totaling nearly $9.2 million to the national advanced materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute, LIFT, to address manufacturing challenges associated with ceramic matrix composites (CMC). This announcement was delayed due to the government...