MxD is pleased to welcome Kathleen S. Miller, founder and principal of Lakeside Advisors LLC and former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller, to its Board of Directors. Her appointment became effective June 11.
“Kathleen’s experience at the highest levels of government and defense operations will provide tremendous value to MxD and our...
or additive manufacturing companies — including startups, established manufacturers, suppliers, service bureaus, research labs, universities — government funding can be a powerful route to de-risk R&D, build strategic partnerships, and move promising technologies closer to production. The notable uptick in announced DoD-backed project-call funding...
Per CESMII and the i3X specification repository, the i3X open API provides a vendor-agnostic common interface for contextualized manufacturing data built on a Unified Namespace (UNS) . Reporting by IIoT World and ProveIt! coverage highlights that a UNS centralizes operational events and telemetry but does not by itself resolve data...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have named the recipients of a project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech), with a combined award of $2M.
The initiative, titled Artificial Intelligence for Material...
America Makes will host a TRX webinar at 1 p.m. July 15 focused on the use of ultrasonic welding to reinforce large-format 3D-printed structures.
The webinar, “Ultrasonic Welding of Polymer Composite Tape to 3D Printed Structures for Reinforcement Applications,” will feature Jim Stratton, president and CEO of Agile Ultrasonics.
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc. ( AFFOA), a national leader in advanced textile innovation and Manufacturing USA Institute, proudly celebrated the opening of its new headquarters with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 135 South Road, Bedford, Massachusetts. The event brought industry leaders, government partners, academic institutions, and...
NextFlex proudly announced the induction of four distinguished leaders into the NextFlex Fellows program during its annual recognition ceremony held at the 2026 Innovation Day event.
The NextFlex Fellows program recognizes individuals whose leadership, technical contributions, workforce development efforts, and commitment to ecosystem building...
IACMI–The Composites Institute®, today announced the winners of its inaugural Rising Star Awards, a nationwide initiative aimed at highlighting emerging talent in the manufacturing industry. The five winners and five honorable mentions span across eight states and work in a variety of industry segments, including engineering, forging, machining...
Built from the ground up for low-cost, scalable mass production without special tooling, the Remora UAV leverages a 100% domestic supply chain in Northeast Ohio. Backed by regional manufacturing hubs, the leadership team aims to close the national security gap in global drone development.
A Youngstown startup is positioning itself as a leading...
Expanding on the Manufacturing USA Occupation and Competency Framework, this NIST Advanced Manufacturing Series publication describes the most common entry-level occupations in advanced manufacturing across the technology areas associated with the Manufacturing USA network through 2030. It serves as a potential guide for workforce professionals...
AIM-4AM is a $2 million initiative that is seeking to develop an AI-driven framework to identify and quantify risks within the existing material allowables approach for Laser Powder Bed Fusion.
Dyndrite has been selected by America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) to advance AI-driven qualification...
As photonics systems continue to evolve, chip-package co-design is playing an increasingly important role in overall system architecture. By embedding packaging considerations directly into the design workflow, AIM Photonics ’ new assembly design kit (ADK) helps bring photonic chip design and assembly processes into closer alignment, enabling...
An innovation hub, when referring to a city, region, or other geographic area, is widely understood as a concentrated ecosystem where people, institutions, and resources intersect to generate and accelerate new ideas, technologies, and enterprises. Unlike a single building or campus, a geographic innovation hub encompasses an entire environment...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have named the recipients of a $2 million project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech).
The program, titled Artificial Intelligence for Material Allowables in...
On May 28, AFFOA (Advanced Functional Fabrics of America) officially opened its Bedford headquarters. Sasha Stolyarov, CEO of AFFOA, gave several examples of some of the problems the company tries to address.
