America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announced the winners of the 2026 Department of War (DoW) Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization Challenge, with awards up to $15M. The challenge is funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech).

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America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have selected the winning teams for Delta Qual 2.0, a $9 million project call aimed at cutting the qualification barriers that slow additive manufacturing adoption across the U.S. defense industrial base. Three teams, led by ATI Materials, Trusted Metal, Auburn...

The US Army’s DEVCOM Armaments Center , headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, has become one of the US military’s most important hubs for drone R&D. At the recent Valiant Shield exercise in the Indo-Pacific, a team from the Armaments Center showed off how forward-thinking it is in its drone manufacturing approach by incorporating...

Nine new innovation “ambassadors” were congratulated into the ranks of America Makes this week.

The Youngstown-based institute has announced the recipients of its 2026 Ambassador Awards and Distinguished Collaborator Award.

A national additive manufacturing institute, America Makes trains young engineers and conducts research into additive...

The Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program, led by IACMI – The Composites Institute®, announced four new partnerships to enhance and scale up industry-driven training opportunities for current and prospective metalworking and manufacturing professionals: the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of...