North Carolina State University has been chosen to lead a 10-year Department of War initiative aimed at modernizing textile manufacturing in the United States to support the defense industry.
The FutureTEX award – which includes $36 million in its first year and has a ceiling of $480 million over a decade – brings together industry, government...
As cyberattacks against critical infrastructure and manufacturing systems continue to escalate across the U.S., the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII) is expanding its efforts to help communities, manufacturers and public agencies strengthen their cyber defenses before disruptions occur – from factory shutdowns and...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winner of a recent project call worth $5.5M in funding.
Generation Of Technical-data for High-strength Aluminum Alloy Material (GOTHAAM) is funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech)...
Manufacturing has always evolved.
New equipment changes how products are made. New technology changes how information moves. New customer expectations change how manufacturers compete.
Today, those changes are happening faster.
Artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, connected equipment, sensors, digital twins, advanced materials, additive...
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) REMADE Institute awarded $4.8 million to 10 projects that will advance promising materials recovery, remanufacturing, and recycling technologies.
“The future of American manufacturing depends not only on mined materials but also on recycled material streams,” said Advanced Materials and Manufacturing...
On the first day of the recent MMX 2026, the annual Members Meeting and Exchange held by America Makes in Youngstown, Ohio, someone asked me if I had any early thoughts as to the initial theme of the event. Having already listened to several presentations, I half-jokingly answered, “‘I hate Bambu,’ ‘I love Bambu,’ and ‘everything is expensive.'”...
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...
America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, has announced newly elected members of its Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee, comprised of the 'brightest minds from industry, academia, government, workforce and economic development organisations,' ensures that the appropriate strategy, policy, and advocacy are...
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...
Stratasys has been awarded a $7.8m contract to advance the development of on-site quality assurance capabilities for its F3300 and F900 FDM additive manufacturing systems.
The 2026 America Makes and the Department of War (DoW) Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization Challenge has provided the funding, with work to commence over the next two...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announced the winners of the 2026 Department of War (DoW) Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization Challenge, with awards up to $15M. The challenge is funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech).
Released...
LIFT today announced the kickoff of three programs, totaling nearly $40 million in project value, designed to modernize the Organic Industrial Base (OIB) for the Department of War across the country.
The Department of War owns and maintains a network of industrial facilities that produce equipment and material for the warfighter, known as the...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have selected the winning teams for Delta Qual 2.0, a $9 million project call aimed at cutting the qualification barriers that slow additive manufacturing adoption across the U.S. defense industrial base. Three teams, led by ATI Materials, Trusted Metal, Auburn...
The US Army’s DEVCOM Armaments Center , headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, has become one of the US military’s most important hubs for drone R&D. At the recent Valiant Shield exercise in the Indo-Pacific, a team from the Armaments Center showed off how forward-thinking it is in its drone manufacturing approach by incorporating...
Artificial intelligence is reshaping cybersecurity across the defense industrial base, but it does not replace the fundamentals of good cyber hygiene.
As manufacturers explore AI to improve productivity and operations, cybercriminals are using the same technology to automate attacks, generate more convincing phishing campaigns, and identify...
