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Announcement, Circular Economy, Funding Opportunity
REMADE: RFP 25-02 Project Announcements

Announcing 10 new research demonstration, verification and validation (DV&V) projects as part of the Institute’s latest round of funding. These new DV&V projects will demonstrate tools and technologies that are at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 and will reach TRL 7 by the end of their project. Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) describe the...

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AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, EPIXC, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE
Manufacturing, Reports, Workforce
Guide on Manufacturing USA Occupations & Competencies Released

Expanding on the Manufacturing USA Occupation and Competency Framework, this NIST Advanced Manufacturing Series publication describes the most common entry-level occupations in advanced manufacturing across the technology areas associated with the Manufacturing USA network through 2030. It serves as a potential guide for workforce professionals...

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Industry Week
Manufacturing
America Needs More Manufacturing Capability, Not More Factories

In manufacturing, capacity is easy to picture. We think about square footage, machines, workers, shifts and production lines. I understand why. Those are real levers, and manufacturers need them.

But the more I look at advanced manufacturing, especially defense manufacturing, the more I come back to a simple point: A factory can improve and still...

Manufacturing
The Manufacturing Challenge Behind America’s Aerospace Dreams

When we talk about aerospace in America, we talk about our great past achievements. We talk about the opportunities that lie ahead. We talk about how innovative our industrial base is. What we don’t talk about are the challenges and needs for transforming that innovation into actual production. In the fields of aviation, space, and national...

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America 250, Circular Economy, Manufacturing, Re-manufacturing, Recycling, Reuse, Supply Chain
America at 250: Resourcefulness and America's First Circular Economy

On the evening of July 9, 1776, a crowd in lower Manhattan listened to the Declaration of Independence read aloud by order of General Washington. Then they did something practical. They walked to Bowling Green, threw ropes around the gilded lead equestrian statue of King George III, and pulled it down.

The statue wasn't left in pieces on the...