When we talk about aerospace in America, we talk about our great past achievements. We talk about the opportunities that lie ahead. We talk about how innovative our industrial base is. What we don’t talk about are the challenges and needs for transforming that innovation into actual production. In the fields of aviation, space, and national...
The Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) program marked 70 years of continuous investment in U.S. defense manufacturing this week with a Pentagon exhibition highlighting the role of public-private partnerships. Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, Emil Michael, reaffirmed the value of Manufacturing Innovation...
The Composites Institute® and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) today announced the inaugural Build Freedom Summit, a national event bringing together leaders from manufacturing, defense, education, government, and workforce development to strengthen America’s advanced manufacturing workforce and defense industrial base.
Sponsored...
The Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program, led by IACMI – The Composites Institute , announced a new partnership with Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) to enhance and scale up industry-driven training opportunities for current and prospective metalworking and manufacturing professionals. Supported...
Manus, The BioAlternatives Company ®, and the University of Texas at Austin say they have completed a BioMADE-sponsored program to make industrial yeast fermentation more efficient and sustainable.
The project, carried out with Hal Alper, PhD, and the Alper Lab in UT Austin’s McKetta department of chemical engineering, engineered yeast to disrupt...
LIFT, the Department of War-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, has officially announced the Advancing ICME for U.S. Casting & Forging Industries Project Call.
LIFT is seeking innovative solutions from industry and academia to advance the state of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for...
MxD’s Virtual Training Center and workforce readiness guides show candidates viable manufacturing careers
The brain drain facing U.S. manufacturing isn't a distant risk—it’s a countdown. By 2030, the last of the Baby Boomer generation will have reached retirement age, taking with them decades of institutional knowledge, technical skill and shop...
The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, better known as IACMI – The Composites Institute, has announced that Andrew Maxey is joining the institute as its new Executive Vice-President, with effect from 1 September 2026.
Launched in 2015 as the fifth of 17 ‘Manufacturing USA®’ institutes created to ensure US global leadership...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining on Tuesday announced the winner of a recent project call worth $13.2 million in funding.
The INtegrated System for In-situ Testing & Evaluation project is funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office. Its objective is to establish an...
CESMII and SACA training modules can be earned and accumulated to achieve competency for different career pathways
Because digitalized technologies are advancing even faster than experienced employees are retiring, many companies can’t wait for their remaining employees to earn additional degrees to gain the skills they need.
NIIMBL is excited to announce the host locations for the 2027 NIIMBL eXperience. These organizations will host a unique program next summer, designed to introduce first- and second-year college students to biopharmaceutical careers.
The 2027 NIIMBL eXperience hosts are:
Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust Santa Clara University...
Steve Luckowski, Director of the Technology Transfer, Transition, and Commercial Partnerships office in the Department of War, joins us to discuss the upcoming Industry Patent Holiday and the critical role it will play in accelerating technology development for the warfighter and the Defense Industrial Base.
IACMI-The Composites Institute® announced today that Andrew Maxey joined IACMI on Sept. 1 as its new Executive Vice President (EVP). IACMI is one of 17 Manufacturing USA® institutes created to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing through large scale public-private collaboration on technology, supply chain and workforce...
The Department of War funding will support automation and workforce development at 12 military manufacturing sites. Fifteen member organizations will participate.
Earlier this year, the Office of the Under Secretary of War Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech) issued an Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization Challenge to the nation’s Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs), including the ARM Institute. This challenge supports the Department of War (DoW)’s focus on transforming and modernizing...
