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The ARM Institute’s 2025 Impact Report highlighted 14 completed technology projects, 18 new project starts, $3.8 million in project funding and a new five-year cooperative agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory worth up to $87.66 million. The organization identified robotics for casting and forging and physical AI for...External News
LIFT, the Department of War-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, officially launched a new cohort of Operation Next® students at its Corktown headquarters in partnership with Detroit at Work. The program aims to strengthen the local southeast Michigan industrial and broader defense industrial base by...
LIFT, the Department of War-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, officially launched a new cohort of Operation Next® students at its Corktown headquarters in partnership with Detroit at Work. The program aims to strengthen the local southeast Michigan industrial and broader defense industrial base by...
A team of students from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have won first place in the third annual AM in Steel competition at RAPID + TCT 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. AM in Steel is organized and sponsored by America Makes, a public-private partnership that focuses on advancing additive manufacturing (AM) in the educational sphere. The...
Equipping today’s warfighter with the most advanced technology is paramount, driving increased prioritization and investment in drone development and advanced manufacturing training within the Department of War (DoW).
In this evolving landscape, America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, is playing a central role...