The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under Agreement Number W911NF-17-3-0004, and part of the Manufacturing USA® network.
The ARM Institute has developed the RoboticsCareer.org platform which provides an online, scalable approach to...
The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) is pleased to announce Project Call 10.1 for technology and workforce development projects. NIIMBL expects to launch a combined $8 million of project activities to address U.S. competitiveness in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
The concept deadline is September 9...
In 2025, MxD and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) successfully deployed 10 first-generation industrial sensor kits to monitor legacy machine health and optimize submarine maintenance. While this pilot proved the value of no-code, real-time data collection, scaling it across the broader Organic Industrial Base (OIB) revealed key challenges in high...
The Robotic Enhancements for Armaments Manufacturing (REARM) Special Call is a competitive funding opportunity administered by NextFlex on behalf of the Department of War (DoW) to accelerate modernization of the U.S. Munitions Industrial Base (MIB).
REARM seeks projects that develop, demonstrate, and transition advanced manufacturing capabilities...
The Chemical Protective Textiles Challenge, a partnership between Advanced Functional Fabrics of America ( AFFOA ) and the Capability Program Executive for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CPE CBRND), and sponsored by its SPARK innovation incubator, seeks commercially available or high technology readiness level (TRL)...
This Project Call seeks submissions that address specific defense manufacturing needs, demonstrate strong potential impact to the Department of War (DoW), and include a validated transition plan to the DoW’s commercial (CIB) and/or organic industrial base (OIB) and related supply chains. However, dual-use technology that benefits the broader U.S...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Acquisition and Sustainment, Industrial Base Analysis Sustainment (IBAS) Program , and the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office ...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Acquisition and Sustainment, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program , worth a total of $12.4M. The project call, Maturation Initiatives for...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announced two new project calls worth a combined $14.5M. Both are funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech).
NextFlex Project Calls fulfill one of the Institute’s primary goals: fostering technology innovation and commercialization.
Project Call (PC) 11.0: Resiliency and Efficiency is the first part of the eleventh project call issued by NextFlex. Like the previous project calls, it is intended to advance the state of the art in manufacturing for hybrid...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech), worth a total of $10.5M. The project call, Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier...
