May 18, 2023

New BioMADE Bioreactor Innovation Projects Aim to Supercharge the Future of Large-Scale Biomanufacturing

BioMADE is excited to announce five new projects that focus on developing more efficient, lower-cost, flexible, and re-deployable bioreactors to advance the U.S. bioeconomy and biomanufacturing goals. Project teams led by members Capra Biosciences, Amyris, Geno, and two teams from Iowa State University propose technological innovations in bioreactor hardware, software, sensors, modeling, and automation to make bio-based products more efficiently at commercial scales. These projects were funded through a special BioMADE Project Call on advancing bioreactor design and development thanks to support from Schmidt Futures.

May 16, 2023

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Strategies to Train and Connect American Workers to Jobs Created by the President’s Investing in America Agenda

WASHINGTON — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new efforts to ensure all Americans can access the good jobs created by the President’s Investing in America agenda, including the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act. These strategies build off the Administration’s Roadmap to Support Good Jobs, a collaborative agency effort to align on guideposts to build our workforce by ensuring every American—whether they go to college or not—will have equitable access to high-quality training, education, and services that provide a path to a good career without leaving their community.

May 16, 2023

LIFT, Department of Defense Sign New $49 Million Agreement, To Continue Advanced Manufacturing Technology & Talent Development

DETROIT — New Cooperative Agreement maintains LIFT as a public-private partnership and manufacturing innovation institute for the next five years.

May 12, 2023

Make it Where You Need It - OSD Program Funds Technology to Enable Point-of-Need Manufacturing

The Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program (OSD ManTech) has announced the winners of the first-of-its-kind "Point of Need Challenge Pitch Event" for solutions to support forward-deployed forces in austere environments. Held March 8-9 at the ARM Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa., the event showcased technologies generated by member companies of the Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs). DoD launched nine MIIs between 2012 and 2021, each focused on a particular critical technology, to help revitalize U.S. domestic manufacturing capability.

May 5, 2023

Manufacturing Science and Technology Program Hosts Joint‐Service Hydrogen Demonstration Event at Marine Corps Base Quantico

MCB Quantico — On March 22, 2023, the Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Science and Technology Program (MSTP) hosted a demonstration at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia to increase Warfighter awareness of hydrogen-enabled technologies that are ready for transition to Department of Defense applications. A team effort between MSTP, which is

March 27, 2023

Manufacturing Science and Technology Program Leads Annual Program Management Training at Johnson Space Center

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX — Manufacturing Science and Technology Program Leads Annual Program Management Training at Johnson Space CenterOn February 22, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s Manufacturing Science and Technology Program (MSTP) held its annual program management training at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. This

March 10, 2023

NY State Photonics Board Approves $27.5M Investment in State-of-the-Art Facility for Advanced Electronic-Photonic Packaging

The New York State Photonics Board of Officers (NYS Photonics Board) approved a proposal for $27.5 million in previously committed New York State funding to AIM Photonics. $23 million is slated for new equipment and tool upgrades to further enhance the Test, Assembly, and Packaging (TAP) Facility in Rochester, NY, which will boost the TAP facility’s research and development capabilities, while $4.5 million in operational support will amplify the consortium’s collaboration with regional universities.

Feb. 26, 2023

ARM Institute Funds Eleven New Technology Projects

The ARM Institute will award $7.9M across eleven projects that address critical advanced manufacturing needs.

Feb. 20, 2023

MIIs Help Secure Global Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing

Leaders from the Manufacturing USA network of institutes share how their efforts are helping the U.S. secure global leadership for emerging technologies in the critical strategic industries to help capture domestic manufacturing and lower hurdles for U.S. manufacturers to adopt these leading technologies.

Feb. 13, 2023

Manufacturing Science and Technology Program Visits Watervliet Arsenal

On January 26, 2023, representatives of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s (OUSD(R&E)’s) Manufacturing Science and Technology Program (MSTP) had the pleasure to meet with leadership from the U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal and Benet Laboratories and tour their facilities in Watervliet, New York. Dr. Stephen