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.
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winners of a recent project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech), worth a total of $2M. The objective of the project call, Artificial...
To better compete globally, the United States should develop a comprehensive industrial strategy to align resources for manufacturing and maximize the national security and economic impacts of the Manufacturing USA program, a proven model that connects the key actors — small and large industry, engineering and science expertise, state and local...
Texas Christian University (TCU) and Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) announced the launch of a new workforce development initiative, the Texas Advanced Certificate in Textiles for Innovation and Composites (TACTIC).
It is designed to prepare students and workers for careers in advanced textiles, soft-goods engineering and next...
Today, MxD released the Casting & Forging Digital Fabric Roadmap, a new report outlining a five-year strategy to modernize one of the most critical sectors supporting the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (DIB).
Developed through extensive research and collaboration with industry, government, academic and workforce stakeholders, the roadmap identifies...
To better compete globally, the United States should develop a comprehensive industrial strategy to align resources for manufacturing and maximize the national security and economic impacts of the Manufacturing USA program, a proven model that connects the key actors — small and large industry, engineering and science expertise, state and local...
The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorates for Engineering and for Biological Sciences have partnered with BioMADE, which is funded by the U.S. Department of War, to co-fund seven integrated projects that will advance the manufacturing of innovative bio-based products using state-of-the-art methodologies.
NSF and BioMADE have complementary...
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The ARM Institute’s 2025 Impact Report highlighted 14 completed technology projects, 18 new project starts, $3.8 million in project funding and a new five-year cooperative agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory worth up to $87.66 million. The organization identified robotics for casting and forging and physical AI for...
