The Product Accelerator for Functional Fabrics (PAFF 3.0) is our third PAFF program specifically designed to accelerate advanced textile product development and manufacturing growth for U.S. manufacturers and innovators. PAFF 3.0 provides access to AFFOA’s technical expertise and facilities at no cost to support product and process development...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL RXN) , worth a total of $6M. The project call, Powder Alloy Development for Additive Manufacturing (PADAM) 2.0...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech) worth a total of $2M. The project call, Artificial Intelligence for Material Allowables in Additive...
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PowerAmerica released a new request for proposals (RFP) on research projects to further accelerate the commercialization of wide-bandgap semiconductor materials — silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) — into chips and power electronics.
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The REMADE Institute® , a 150+ member public-private partnership funded in part by the United States Department of Energy, issued its seventh Request for Proposals, representing up to a $6 million investment in supplemental funding for technologies that support the nation’s manufacturing competitiveness and supply chain resilience goals.
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There is a critical need for forged components across all DoD services, ranging from small to extra-large components. The forging supply chain is identified as a critical vulnerability for the DoD due to factors including traditionally high-mix low-volume demands, limited domestic capability for aerospace-quality forgings, a dwindling domestic...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate , worth a total of $450K. The project call, Affordable and Agile Composite Additive Manufactured Structures (AACAMS)...
With a focus on two-year Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program supports the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions (grades 7-12, IHEs), industry, and economic development agencies to...
