News

Following our milestone ten-year anniversary, 2025 was a year of continued innovation, engagement, and improvement experienced by the advanced manufacturing network and beyond.

Notable highlights from 2025 include:

Advanced Manufacturing Occupation and Competency Framework

In an effort to equip job seekers, employers, and trainers with the...

ARM
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

First time quality is not accessible in current high tolerance, large complex robotic coatings applications within the defense and aerospace industries, leading to excessive manual rework, re-programming, and increased product lead time. Currently, there are limited, viable, solutions for coating and finishing of complex geometry parts with closed...

ARM
Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Robotics

The ARM Institute is excited to announce that the final version of our 26-01 Core-Funded Technology Project Call is now publicly available! This Project Call centers on high-priority, defense application areas. Dual-use technology that also benefits the broader U.S. manufacturing sector is preferred, but the focus of this project call is primarily...

Events

Go to Defense Manufacturing Conference 2025

Defense Manufacturing Conference 2025

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Caribe Royale Orlando
Orlando, FL
United States

External News

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...

The Robot Report
Robotics

The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute has issued a new Tech Project Call centered on strengthening the marine industrial base, or MIB. The call centers on demonstrating mature technologies that respond to the specific needs of the MIB and aims to accelerate the production of submarines.

Full proposals for this project call are...

Our Network @ Work

Photo of five men looking at a robotic arm at the ARM Institute
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Facilities, Manufacturing, Robotics

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...