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An Operation Next Success Story: Staff Sgt. Cameron Homburg, a student enrolled in LIFT’s Operation Next program, poses for a photo in front of CNC machining. Homburg is more than halfway through four CNC certification he hopes to earn through Operation Next; CNC Lathe, CNC Mill, Safety, and Floor Operations.

DETROIT, Mi. July 14, 2023

“It looks like Tony Stark’s basement” – An Operation Next Success Story

July 14, 2023 — “I just thought this was the coolest place. It looks like Tony Stark’s basement, so I said, ‘Let’s do this!’” That was New Jersey native turned Michigan resident Staff Sgt. Cameron Homburg’s reaction to his first visit to LIFT, the Detroit-based Department of Defense national manufacturing innovation institute, as he considered what his civilian career might look like as he retires after serving 20 years in the United States Marine Corps.

The late Dr. David E. Walker, center, a beloved former Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, director and vice commander, is pictured during a visit to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 23, 2015. At the time of this visit, Walker served as deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for science, technology and engineering in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. According to his former colleagues, in this role Walker advocated passionately for AFRL and worked tirelessly to maintain and protect its defense budget. (U.S. Air Force photo / Kenji Thuloweit)

July 6, 2023

Beloved former AFRL director honored posthumously for defense manufacturing advocacy

Former Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Director and Vice Commander Dr. David “Dave” E. Walker was honored posthumously by the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel, or JDMTP, at the Defense Manufacturing Conference in Tampa, Florida, in December 2022. The late Walker, a beloved former director of AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate and passionate advocate for DOD-sponsored manufacturing technology programs, was named as a recipient of the JDMTP’s 2022 Defense Manufacturing Champion Award. Walker died unexpectedly in January 2020 at the age of 61, following a storied career spent in service to the nation’s defense.

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.

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

Advanced Automation for Agile Aerospace Applications (A5) Robotic System

May 10, 2018

AFRL demos advanced robotics for aerospace manufacturing

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –  Engineers from the Manufacturing Technologies Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, held a recent successful demonstration of the advanced capabilities of the Advanced Automation for Agile Aerospace Applications (A5) Robotic System at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The 22,000 pound A5

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