America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announced two new project calls worth a combined $14.5M. Both are funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech).
The first project call, Delta Qual 2.0, is worth $9M in funding and addresses key additive...
Our Process Intensification (PI) Program, established in 2020, was the first NIIMBL-Led Program, and has been led by Dr. John Erickson since its inception. Over the past six years, the program has grown to include most of our large industry member companies and more than 400 world class subject matter experts have contributed to it. In the past...
LIFT , the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, today announced the launch of the LIFT Education Foundation, a new nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to education and career pathways in advanced manufacturing.
The Detroit-based 501(c)(3), operated by the American Lightweight...
The Rising Stars in Manufacturing Awards, sponsored by IACMI – The Composites Institute, honor the young thinkers, creators and problem‑solvers responsible for spearheading the renaissance of this pillar of American industry. This distinction recognizes emerging talent whose achievements are helping shape a more innovative, resilient and globally...
Kenson Plastics is a family-owned business that has been manufacturing and assembling custom-made, precision pressure-formed plastics since 1972. You’re likely familiar with their work because they make the plastic seat backs for airplane seats, as well as the panels used in first class and business class.
Kenson was looking at how they could...
Dozens of research reports detail the plague of pilot purgatory in digital transformation initiatives. Take, for example, the 2025 Smart Manufacturing and Operations Survey by Deloitte. A key finding revealed that while 98% of manufacturers have started a digital transformation project, the vast majority remain stuck in the pilot phase, unable to...
Manufacturers are navigating a growing challenge: fragmented, proprietary APIs across platforms, historians, and applications are creating integration complexity that slows innovation. The Industrial Information Interoperability eXchange (i3X™) is emerging as a solution—an open, vendor-agnostic API designed to standardize how applications interact...
Global supply chains are under sustained strain, characterized by extended lead times, rising costs, and limited flexibility in the event of disruptions. For the defense and energy sectors, where reliability and responsiveness are mission-critical, those pressures create real operational risk. Equipment downtime, delayed repairs, and constrained...
The ARM Institute Champion program recognizes ARM Institute Members who have gone above and beyond the call of membership to strengthen US manufacturing through robotics, physical AI, and workforce development while advocating for the ARM Institute’s mission! ARM Champions are recognized annually at a celebratory dinner during our Annual Member...
OSD ManTech is interested in transitioning state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing into existing OIB manufacturing lines through pilot line development. In addition to technology development, the desired objectives include an action plan for integration into an OIB site and the identification of Department of War Key Performance Indicators (KPI)...
Empire State Development today announced a $2.36 million investment in six technology research projects that will increase the reuse, retreading, and recycling of end-of-life tires generated in New York State. ESD’s investment includes $1.4 million in state funding through the NYS Waste Tire Program, which is managed by the REMADE Institute®...
As we look ahead to the rest of 2026, hybrid electronics is rapidly evolving from an emerging technology to a critical capability. Across the Department of Defense and commercial markets alike, the ability to integrate electronics into flexible, lightweight, and conformal form factors is enabling systems that were previously difficult — or...
MxD has published its Outlook 2026-2028 report (formerly the Strategic Investment Plan), which assesses the current state of U.S. manufacturing and outlines MxD’s plans for modernizing and securing the U.S. industrial base in the coming years.
The Outlook was developed in collaboration with MxD’s member organizations, which include manufacturers...
The Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility (FCMF) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) and IACMI are pleased to share a space at Cherokee Farms in Knoxville, Tenn., as a launchpad for composites innovation and commercialization. The integrated facility at Innovation South brings together advanced manufacturing equipment that spans...
Near the end of a successful cybersecurity for critical infrastructure training event in Corpus Christi, Texas, last week, the Cybersecurity Manufacturing and Innovation Institute (CyManII) welcomed Vice Admiral Timothy James “TJ” White USN (Ret.), Chief of the Texas Cyber Command (TXCC), to speak to attendees about the need for a collective...
