The Public Version of the Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) shares MxD’s vision on how digital technologies can help bring the U.S. to the forefront of innovative manufacturing and make “every part better than the last.” It highlights our areas of investment and includes 3-year roadmaps of projects and initiatives focused on Design, Future Factory...

Microelectronics—particularly integrated photonics—has been identified by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) as a critical technology for both national and economic security. And while the emerging technology has advanced considerably over the last decade, the development of a highly skilled workforce needed to make integrated photonics...

LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense national manufacturing innovation institute, and Pensacola State College have announced a partnership to provide free training to transitioning service members, National Guard, Army Reserves, and their families for careers in advanced manufacturing through LIFT’s Operation Next initiative. The program...

LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense-supported national manufacturing innovation institute, today announced a new education and workforce development partnership with the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC).

The collaboration will establish a nationwide pipeline for jobs in the aluminum extrusion industry for graduates of LIFT’s Operation...

RAPID Member Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), SunLine Transit Agency, and STARS Technology Corporation unveiled an innovative hydrogen generation system. The project will produce hydrogen from renewable natural gas (RNG) to help fuel SunLine's hydrogen fuel cell electric buses. At scale, this demonstration project has the potential to...