The Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise (AME) Subpanel encompasses technologies, processes, and practices that foster rapid, superior execution of manufacturing and sustainment activities across the life cycle and supply chain of a product or system. This subpanel focuses on pervasive technical capabilities that thread throughout an enterprise and are manufacturing technology agnostic. AME leverages access to accurate data for materials, design, manufacturing, quality and supply chains enabling accelerated learning, increased agility, improved rate and quality across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Office of Secretary of Defense products/systems.
The AME Subpanel comes together to promote dual-use technology applications between the Federal Government and the private sector, foster joint project planning, and holds annual portfolio reviews to coordinate all Department of Defense AME projects. AME eliminates unwarranted duplication and identifies common requirements that can be addressed through joint and collaborative programs. AME ManTech projects reduce the risk of industry’s investment in advanced technologies and incentivizes workforce training on these new and improved capabilities.
The Subpanel members maintain awareness of the state-of-the-art technology developments, innovative and disruptive manufacturing tools and processes related to AME. The AME Subpanel serves to enhance manufacturing technology transfer and transition among the DoD components, other government agencies, industry, and academia and serves as the DoD technical focal point for manufacturing technology within its scope. The AME Subpanel coordinates complementary technology developments with other Subpanels to facilitate effective insertion and transition.