March 13, 2024

MSTP-Indiana University Student Partnership Earns Recognition for Innovation

A team of graduate students mentored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Manufacturing Science and Technology Program (MSTP) has received first prize in the Indiana University Kelley School of Business’s Field Consulting Project course.

March 11, 2024

NEXTFLEX NEWS – MARCH 2024

NEXTFLEX NEWS – MARCH 2024

March 6, 2024

FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order: Scaling and Expanding the Use of Registered Apprenticeships in Industries and the Federal Government and Promoting Labor-Management Forums

Vice President Harris to travel to Wisconsin to highlight Biden-Harris Administration’s investments in Registered Apprenticeships and pipelines to good jobs

Feb. 29, 2024

LIFT Signs Lease on New Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Puerto Rico

LIFT, the Detroit-based Department of Defense national manufacturing innovation institute, today signed the lease on a 28,000 square foot facility located at the Lincoln Plaza in Caguas, Puerto Rico as a satellite of its Detroit headquarters.

Feb. 26, 2024

LIFT Launches Six New Technology Projects Under the LIFT Ecosystem Accelerator Program (LEAP)

New projects focused on institute’s technology scope of connecting advanced materials, manufacturing processes and system engineering.

Feb. 26, 2024

BioMADE: Revitalizing U.S. Biomanufacturing and Fostering Collaboration

The 2023 SIMB Annual Meeting took place in Minneapolis, MN, bringing together over 250 presenters and attendees from industry and academic institutions to discuss advances in microbial biotechnology. The industry-academic exchange that takes place at the SIMB conferences is a great example of the collaboration that fuels biomanufacturing innovation. This year’s meeting featured a special session guided by BioMADE. BioMADE is a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) and part of the national network of Manufacturing USA institutes, which aim to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing through large-scale public-private collaboration. The institute was officially launched in April 2021 with an $87 million, seven-year award from the Department of Defense (DoD) and received a $450 million budget increase in March 2023.

Feb. 26, 2024

Project Highlight: Time-Optimal Motion Planning Using Convex Sets

This ARM Institute-funded project made significant advancements in optimizing robot motions. Now in commercial use, the project has generated a significant return and enabled one ARM Institute member to more rapidly scale their work in food preparation.

Feb. 23, 2024

OSD ManTech's OIB Modernization Challenge Advances Technology Innovations 

WASHINGTON — The OSD Manufacturing Technology Program hosted representatives from five Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institutes and their member companies for an Organic Industrial Base Modernization Challenge pitch event at the MxD MII facility in Chicago on February 7, 2023. Following an October workshop to identify crucial technological needs, OSD ManTech initiated the OIB Modernization project call through the MIIs set to offer up to $2.5 million in OSD-sponsored government funding to five MII-member winners. This resulted in 104 proposal submissions from member companies. Nine projects delivered their proposals to a panel of OIB experts, industry leadership and the OSD ManTech Director, Tracy Frost based on their projected positive impact across the 47 DoD-owned OIB sites. 

Feb. 13, 2024

LIFT, Department of Defense Announce Phase 2 Funding for Institute Operations in Puerto Rico

DETROIT, Mi. — LIFT, the Detroit-based Department of Defense national manufacturing innovation institute, today announced it has received funding for a second phase from the Department of Defense, through the Office of Naval Research, to continue technology and talent development operations in Puerto Rico in support of the Island’s manufacturing base and workforce.

Feb. 13, 2024

NextFlex News – February 2024

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