BioMADE
Biofabrication, Materials, Recycling

For decades, scaling the bioeconomy has meant building bigger and bigger facilities.

Larger fermentors. Larger separation trains. More pumps, columns, centrifuges, and stainless-steel piping. Each step adds cost, complexity, and risk. For startups trying to commercialize a new biological process, the most dangerous obstacle often isn’t engineering...

The Smart Manufacturing Institute (CESMII)
Automation, Sustainable Manufacturing

When Anthropic open-sourced the Model Context Protocol (MCP) late last year, it sent shockwaves through the industrial software ecosystem. Anthropic initiated a new wave of modernization by providing a standardized “universal translator” that allows AI agents to securely connect to enterprise data sources. In effect, it solved a major connectivity...

ARM Institute
The Robot Report
Announcement, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Manufacturing, Robotics

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

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...