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April 2, 2024

AIM Photonics Adds New PIC Component Library

Collaboration with Spark Photonics expands AIM Photonics’ automated design enablement capabilities for integrated photonics prototype development

Representatives and leaders from the Department of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program met with industry partners and U.S. allies at the Pacific Operational Science & Technology Conference in Honolulu, March 4-7, 2024. This ally- and partner- focused event provided ManTech a platform to share information about its collaborative manufacturing technology projects vital for tackling industrial base challenges within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of operations.

DoD ManTech Director Tracy Frost continued R&E themes in the Manufacturing Technology Panel titled "Allied Partnerships and Investments: Where Science and Technology Meet Manufacturing to Secure the INDOPACOM Industrial Base." Frost was joined by Masuo Kuremura, director of the Aerospcae and Defense Industry Division at the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Dr. Dan Billing, program leader at the Health and Logistics Science and Technology Group, Australia Department of Defence, who provided insights into enhancing deterrence capabilities through collaboration among Australia, Japan, and the U.S.

March 28, 2024

DoD ManTech Showcases Cutting-Edge Advanced Manufacturing Solutions at POST 2024

WASHINGTON — Representatives and leaders from the Department of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program met with industry partners and U.S. allies at the Pacific Operational Science & Technology Conference in Honolulu, March 4-7, 2024. This ally- and partner- focused event provided ManTech a platform to share information about its collaborative manufacturing technology projects vital for tackling industrial base challenges within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of operations.

March 26, 2024

ARM Institute Introduces New Functionality on RoboticsCareer.org to Grow and Empower the U.S. Manufacturing Workforce

The new functionality centers on increasing interest in manufacturing careers to address the workforce and skills gap.

March 20, 2024

Hicks Again Makes Case for Strengthening Industrial Base, Eliminating Continuing Resolutions

The Pentagon, Congress and the industrial base must work together to deliver combat-credible capabilities to the warfighter at speed and scale to deter aggression and win if called on to fight.

MxD and LIFT, manufacturing innovation institutes sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense based in Chicago and Detroit, respectively, celebrate a decade of bolstering the vitality of the American manufacturing sector and strengthening the nation’s defense industrial base in 2024.

March 20, 2024

MxD, LIFT Celebrate Joint 10-Year Anniversary

U.S. Department of Defense-Sponsored Manufacturing Institutes Recognized for a Decade of Strengthening the Defense Industrial Base and Enhancing U.S. Global Manufacturing Competitiveness

AIM Photonics Executive Director Wade Cook explains some of the specialized capabilities that make the Institute unique in the development of advanced integrated photonics.

March 18, 2024

AIM Photonics Hosts Visit from U.S. Representative Paul Tonko of New York

Leaders discuss AIM Photonics is creating a domestic manufacturing ecosystem to support the development of integrated photonics technology from “lab-to-fab”

ARM Institute Signs Continuation Agreement with Department of Defense

March 14, 2024

OSD ManTech Selects Three ARM Institute Consortium Member Projects for the Organic Industrial Base Challenge

The ARM Institute teams were each awarded $500,000 to advance technology innovations.

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

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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

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. 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.

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. 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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Feb. 9, 2024

19th Annual Engineers Week 2024

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 1330 to 1500 Join OUSD(R&E) and WHS for Pentagon Engineers Week Event February 21 Mr. Tom Simms, Principal Deputy Executive Director, Systems Engineering and Architecture (SE&A), OUSD(R&E) invites you to the 2024 Engineers Week Celebration recognizing the Engineering profession and the contributions engineers make to the DoD mission.

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro encouraged economic development and small business growth during key leader engagements in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Secretary Del Toro met with Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico Lt. Governor Omar Marrero, and Puerto Rico Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce Manuel Cidre, emphasizing the Department of the Navy’s commitment to Puerto Rico small business development and engagement. Secretary Del Toro also participated in two small business roundtables: a U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency Business Roundtable and a Joint U.S. Department of Defense and Navy Business Roundtable.

Feb. 7, 2024

Secretary Del Toro Meets with Government, Small Business Leaders in Puerto Rico in Support of Economic Development and Small Business Growth

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro encouraged economic development and small business growth during key leader engagements in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. 7.

Feb. 5, 2024

The New CMMC Proposed Rule: What Manufacturers Need to Know Now

What are top takeaways for manufacturers from the Defense Department’s (DoD) proposed rule for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program?

Feb. 1, 2024

Reimagining Industrial Energy Use With Digital Technology

Today, manufacturing accounts for 25 percent of U.S. energy consumption and carbon emissions, and the industrial sector as a whole is the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the nation, at 30 percent. Changing how industry produces materials and products is unquestionably critical to achieving our nation’s climate goals.

Feb. 1, 2024

RFP: Pittsburgh-Based Rapid Manufacturing Training

In partnership with the Department of Labor (DoL), the ARM Institute is committed to rapidly upskilling and placing displaced workers in family-sustaining careers. For the last three years, the ARM Institute has been working with AmSkills, located in the Tampa, FL, to deliver a series of career discovery manufacturing bootcamps. These two-week long rapid bootcamps provide individuals the opportunity to discover a multitude of manufacturing opportunities and to be “job-ready” at the end of the bootcamp. Through the two weeks, potential employees are also gaining soft skills such as interviewing techniques and resume updating/building.

Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro Visits Mill 19 to Emphasize Importance of Robotics & Manufacturing in New Economic Development Strategy

Jan. 31, 2024

Governor Shapiro Visits Mill 19, Emphasizes Importance of Robotics

On January 31, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger, County Executive Sara Innamorato, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, Senator Jay Costa, Representative Aerion Abney, and more Pennsylvania leaders visited Mill 19, the ARM Institute’s shared Pittsburgh headquarters with Carnegie Mellon University, to highlight the importance of the robotics and manufacturing industries in the Governor’s new economic development strategy: Pennsylvania Gets It Done. Ira Moskowitz, ARM Institute CEO, had the honor of providing remarks ahead of Governor Shapiro’s address and introduced the Governor. You can watch the recorded livestream of the event here.

Jan. 31, 2024

Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with LIFT Vice President of Talent Dr. Robert Shaner