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America Makes
Additive Manufacturing, Announcement
America Makes Announces Winners of JAQS-SQ (Groups 2 & 3) Project Call Worth $10.5M in Funding

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winners of a recent project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech), worth a total of $10.5M. The project call, Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier...

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America Makes, BioFabUSA
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce
Manufacturing USA Highlights Career Pathways and Training Opportunities at SkillsUSA NLSC 2026

Career and Technical Education (CTE) students and educators play a critical role in shaping the future of advanced manufacturing. Connecting these audiences to real technologies, career pathways, and training opportunities is essential to building a skilled and competitive workforce.

That’s why Manufacturing USA returned to the SkillsUSA...

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External News

3Druck
Additive Manufacturing, Announcement
USA invests $10.5 million in qualification for metal 3D printing

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining support 25 project teams with a total of $10.5 million. The JAQS-SQ program aims to establish uniform requirements for suppliers who want to manufacture metal parts via laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) or Directed Energy Deposition (DED) for the US defense sector.

Additive Manufacturing
US Army continues to develop CF3D printing for rocket components

Continuous composites has received a multi-year contract from the U.S. Army DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center. The focus is on the further development of CF3D technology, an additive manufacturing process for fiber-reinforced composite structures. The goal is to make components for current and future missile platforms more manufacturable while...

Our Network @ Work

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America Makes
Additive Manufacturing, Institute Spotlight, Workforce
America Makes Continues to Build Its Additive Legacy
Network’s First Institute Is Poised to Help Transform Manufacturing

America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, was the first manufacturing innovation institute in what would become the Manufacturing USA network. Since 2012, America Makes has been a driving force in the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM)...