LIFT, the Department of War-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, officially launched a new cohort of Operation Next® students at its Corktown headquarters in partnership with Detroit at Work. The program aims to strengthen the local southeast Michigan industrial and broader defense industrial base by...
LIFT, the Department of War-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, officially launched a new cohort of Operation Next® students at its Corktown headquarters in partnership with Detroit at Work. The program aims to strengthen the local southeast Michigan industrial and broader defense industrial base by...
The Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute ( CyManII) held a two-day critical infrastructure and cybersecurity training exercise in El Paso focused on strengthening operational technology (OT) cyber readiness for regional partners.
Recently held at the El Paso Regional Communications Center, the event brought together technical teams...
A team of students from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have won first place in the third annual AM in Steel competition at RAPID + TCT 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. AM in Steel is organized and sponsored by America Makes, a public-private partnership that focuses on advancing additive manufacturing (AM) in the educational sphere. The...
Starting this fall, NC State University’s College of Engineering will offer a first-of-its-kind master’s degree in wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors.
The M.S. in WBG semiconductors — jointly offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering — will be offered in a hybrid format...
Composite manufacturing remains one of the most persistent constraints in aerospace and defense, particularly as programs push toward higher temperatures, more complex geometries, and tighter performance margins. For decades, composites have offered clear strength and weight advantages, yet production has remained labor-intensive, slow to iterate...
Equipping today’s warfighter with the most advanced technology is paramount, driving increased prioritization and investment in drone development and advanced manufacturing training within the Department of War (DoW).
In this evolving landscape, America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, is playing a central role...
Today, the ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is proud to issue its calendar year 2025 Impact Report. Within this report, you’ll find brief details about the impact generated by the ARM Institute and our consortium comprised of more than 500 member organizations and thousands of individual subject matter experts across industry...
“We said time and time again that we’ve get one shot; nothing can go wrong,” confides Kevin Cloherty. That’s a lot of pressure in the field of engineering, where iteration is everything.
Six graduate students from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, an IACMI member, are huddling around a Go No Go machine. Organizers are using a three-point bend...
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...
The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is proud to announce that it has won a Bronze Telly Award in the Non-Broadcast – Science & Technology category for the institute’s recent Robotics Manufacturing Hub video created in partnership with Kindling Culture Agency. The ARM Institute previously won two Telly Awards for its...
Packaging challenges have always been a critical part of silicon photonics system design, but packaging requirements have not always been built directly into the design workflow. Instead, designers often rely on guidelines and consultation with packaging teams to ensure compatibility with available processes. However, this collaborative approach...
LIFT , the Department of War-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, officially launched a new cohort of Operation Next ® students at its Corktown headquarters in partnership with Detroit at Work. The program aims to strengthen the local southeast Michigan industrial and broader defense industrial base by...
It takes more than a dedicated group of individuals to reshore advanced manufacturing. It takes a whole network of networks. On May 12–13, 2026, nearly 90 people representing Manufacturing USA’s innovation institutes and partnering federal agencies convened for the 2026 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting. Over the course of 1.5 days of connection...
Dear NextFlex friends and supporters,
Today, hybrid electronics are delivering measurable impact across commercial and defense sectors, creating new opportunities for innovation, scalability, and supply chain resilience. One thing is becoming increasingly clear: innovation happens fastest when great minds come together with a shared purpose. That...
