LIFT in Detroit’s Corktown, the national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute, has launched three initiatives as part of the Advanced Materials Challenge.

The challenge was designed for industry and academia from across the nation to accelerate the...

LIFT, the national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII), today announced it has launched three initiatives as part of the Advanced Materials Challenge.

The Advanced Materials Challenge was designed for industry and academia from across the...

Last year, Detroit’s LIFT , the Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) that specializes in lightweighting, announced the Advanced Materials Challenge (AMC) Program , a project call seeking advanced materials solutions for components relevant to the Department of War (DoW) objectives and utilizing automation tools in the design process. LIFT has...

The U.S. is facing a historic skills gap - pending retirements combined with a lack of trained new workers in the pipeline could leave millions of manufacturing jobs unfilled in the coming years. This presents a significant threat to our nation’s security and resiliency. The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute, a Department of Defense...

The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing or ARM Institute has announced a new five-year cooperative agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL. The agreement has a total ceiling of a combined $87.66 million of government funding and ARM Institute cost share.

Under this agreement, the institute will perform research, development...