Nine new innovation “ambassadors” were congratulated into the ranks of America Makes this week.
The Youngstown-based institute has announced the recipients of its 2026 Ambassador Awards and Distinguished Collaborator Award.
A national additive manufacturing institute, America Makes trains young engineers and conducts research into additive...
Today, MxD announced it has been awarded a total of $67 million from the U.S. Department of War to support nine new projects that build on the institute’s ongoing work to modernize the Organic Industrial Base (OIB). The projects will accelerate the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies, supercharge critical defense production, enhance...
America Makes , the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, announced the recipients of its 2026 Ambassador Awards and Distinguished Collaborator Award at the Annual Members Meeting and Exchange (MMX) event held on August 4-5, 2026, in Youngstown, OH.
Launched in 2017, the Ambassador Award Program recognizes individuals who...
The Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program, led by IACMI – The Composites Institute®, announced four new partnerships to enhance and scale up industry-driven training opportunities for current and prospective metalworking and manufacturing professionals: the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have selected 25 project teams for a $10.5 million program intended to expand the US defense industrial base for metal additive manufacturing.
The Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier Qualification Groups 2 and 3 project, or JAQS-SQ, will...
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...
The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals ( NIIMBL ) is pleased to announce Project Call 10.1 for technology and workforce development projects. NIIMBL expects to launch a combined $8 million of project activities to address U.S. competitiveness in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
Concept submissions are due...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winners of a recent project call worth $9M in funding.
Delta Qual 2.0 is funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech). It addresses key additive manufacturing (AM) qualification...
REMADE is pleased to share that rStream, an Institute member, and Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., have announced a partnership to modernize waste management after matches, concerts, and other major events.
Through the partnership, rStream's AI-powered sorting system now processes the stadium's full waste stream on-site, separating...
Maple Grove is getting a very 21st-century kind of factory: one where microbes, corn sugar, and fermentation could help produce plastics, chemicals, aviation materials, and even cement. The ambitious project is designed to tackle a stubborn problem in American manufacturing — plenty of promising biotechnology gets developed in U.S. labs, but not...
Aerospace and Defense organizations face billions in losses each year due to unplanned downtime, reactive maintenance, and operational inefficiencies, challenges that directly impact mission readiness and increase lifecycle costs.
But what if Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) could become a strategic advantage?
Join LIFT and Siemens for...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winners of a recent project call with a $6M budget. The Powder Alloy Development for Additive Manufacturing (PADAM) 2.0 is funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Foundational Technologies Directorate (AFRL/REMD), and aims to...
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...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining support 25 project teams with a total of $10.5 million. The JAQS-SQ program aims to establish uniform requirements for suppliers who want to manufacture metal parts via laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) or Directed Energy Deposition (DED) for the US defense sector.
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...
