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Announcement, Funding Opportunity, Robotics
ARM Institute Issues Tech Project Call for Defense Manufacturing Solutions

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...

ARM Members Meeting
ARM
Robotics, Workforce
Introducing the ARM Institute’s 2026 Education & Workforce Advisory Committee

The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is proud to announce its 2026 Education & Workforce Advisory Committee (EWAC) members. The EWAC is comprised of ARM Members and helps to drive the institute’s Education & Workforce Development (EWD) strategy through monthly meetings and focused collaboration. This work includes forming working...

Photo of ARM Members meeting at the Member Meeting to provide input into the ARM Institute’s education and workforce development programs for US manufacturing
ARM
Robotics, Workforce
Introducing the ARM Institute’s 2026 Education & Workforce Advisory Committee

The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is proud to announce its 2026 Education & Workforce Advisory Committee (EWAC) members. The EWAC is comprised of ARM Members and helps to drive the institute’s Education & Workforce Development (EWD) strategy through monthly meetings and focused collaboration. This work includes forming...

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External News

The Robot Report
Robotics
ARM Institute calls for defense manufacturing technology projects

Robotics is widely seen as key to both economic competitiveness and U.S. geopolitical security. The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute yesterday issued a project call seeking technologies to address defense needs in metalwork, drones, munitions, shipbuilding, and more.

Project Call 27-01 requests submissions for projects that...

Center for Strategic and International Studies
Manufacturing
The Role of Regional Networks in Twenty-First-Century Industrial Policy

A new architecture for American industrial policy is taking shape, and it is being built from the ground up. The old model treated research and development (R&D) as a national objective to be managed from Washington. Over the last 15 years, U.S. innovation policy has increasingly recognized innovation as inherently regional, rooted in the...

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ARM
Facilities, Manufacturing, Robotics
ARM Institute Delivers Free Proof-of-Concept for Keystone Ridge Designs, Leading to Robotics System Installation

Learn how our team helped Keystone Ridge Designs, a leading manufacturer of commercial site furnishings, adopt a new robotics solution using our free services.

If you’ve ever sat on a bench, tossed trash in a receptacle, or gathered around a table in a public space—whether at a park, university, retail center, downtown streetscape, or corporate...

Opportunities

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ARM
Artificial Intelligence, Funding Opportunity, Robotics
ARM Institute’s 27-01 Core-Funded Draft Technology Project Call

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...