News

Materials

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce that the University of Dayton Research Institute has been selected as the awardee of a recent project call funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL(RXN)), totaling $450K. The project call...

Events

Go to Defense Manufacturing Conference

Defense Manufacturing Conference

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Caribe Royale Orlando
Orlando, FL
United States

Go to RAPID + TCT 2026

RAPID + TCT 2026

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Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center
Boston, MA
United States

Go to America Makes TRX

America Makes TRX

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Boston, MA
United States

External News

3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Defense wants to know how to get the rust out of metals created in the additive manufacturing process. It’s willing to pay $1.3 million for the answer.

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, based in Youngstown, announced Tuesday a new open project call that is being funded by the...

Manufacturing

From the first mills and forges that built our young Republic to the cutting-edge industries of today, manufacturing has always been the foundation of our prosperity, the strength of our communities, the safeguard of our independence, and the engine of our greatness. This National Manufacturing Day, we celebrate the unmatched might of America’s...

Our Network @ Work

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Additive Manufacturing, Institute Spotlight, Workforce
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)...

Opportunities

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Additive Manufacturing

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...