America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announced two new project calls worth a combined $14.5M. Both are funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech).
The first project call, Delta Qual 2.0, is worth $9M in funding and addresses key additive manufacturing (AM) qualification challenges across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) by streamlining testing requirements, strengthening machine installation standards, and increasing flexibility for processing parameters. These advancements support the Department of War’s (DoW) objectives to deploy reliable, cost-effective, and scalable advanced manufacturing solutions for national security.
“Modernizing qualification for advanced manufacturing is essential to maintaining our defense readiness,” said John Martin, Additive Manufacturing Research Director at America Makes. “This project lays the groundwork for a more agile, trusted, and scalable manufacturing ecosystem, ensuring we can deliver mission-critical parts faster and with greater confidence for decades to come.”