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Find your instituteTestimonials News Go to ARM Institute Issues Tech Project Call for Defense Manufacturing Solutions ARM Institute Issues Tech Project Call for Defense Manufacturing Solutions August 12, 2026 | ARM This Project Call seeks submissions that address specific defense manufacturing needs, demonstrate strong potential impact to the Department of War (DoW), and include a validated transition plan to... Read More Go to LIFT Kicks Off Three New Programs To Modernize the Department of War Organic Industrial Base LIFT Kicks Off Three New Programs To Modernize the Department of War Organic Industrial Base August 10, 2026 | LIFT LIFT today announced the kickoff of three programs, totaling nearly $40 million in project value, designed to modernize the Organic Industrial Base (OIB) for the Department of War across the country... 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Read More Go to America Makes Honors 2026 Award Recipients During MMX America Makes Honors 2026 Award Recipients During MMX August 5, 2026 | America Makes America Makes , the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, announced the recipients of its 2026 Ambassador Awards and Distinguished Collaborator Award at the Annual Members Meeting and... Read More Go to NIIMBL Announces Project Call 10.1 to Advance Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology and Workforce Capabilities NIIMBL Announces Project Call 10.1 to Advance Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology and Workforce Capabilities August 3, 2026 | NIIMBL The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals ( NIIMBL ) is pleased to announce Project Call 10.1 for technology and workforce development projects. NIIMBL expects to... Read More Go to America Makes Announces Winners of Delta Qual 2.0 Project Call Worth $9M in Funding America Makes Announces Winners of Delta Qual 2.0 Project Call Worth $9M in Funding August 3, 2026 | America Makes America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winners of a recent project call worth $9M in funding. Delta Qual 2.0 is funded by the... Read More Discover More Read news, press releases and statements that cover advanced manufacturing, our member institutes and Manufacturing USA. View more Unlocking Opportunities: The New Frontier of U.S. Manufacturing Careers Manufacturing USA: De-Risking Tech Startups Our Network @ Work Go to America at 250: From Washington's Field Hospitals to Biomanufacturing America at 250: From Washington's Field Hospitals to Biomanufacturing July 2, 2026 | BioFabUSA Here's a fact that tends to get lost in the pageantry of the American Revolution: smallpox killed more Continental soldiers than British muskets did. By the time Washington took command at Cambridge... Read More Go to America at 250: Resourcefulness and America's First Circular Economy America at 250: Resourcefulness and America's First Circular Economy June 30, 2026 | REMADE On the evening of July 9, 1776, a crowd in lower Manhattan listened to the Declaration of Independence read aloud by order of General Washington. Then they did something practical. They walked to... Read More Go to America at 250: From Secret Journals to Secure Networks America at 250: From Secret Journals to Secure Networks June 25, 2026 | CyManII America was born in secrecy. Long before there were classification markings or national security directives, a small group of colonial legislators understood something essential: the survival of a... Read More Go to NextFlex Pioneers the Next Generation of Electronics NextFlex Pioneers the Next Generation of Electronics January 12, 2026 | NextFlex Driving Change and Delivering Impact at Scale NextFlex is helping lead the future of electronics innovation as the nation’s hub for hybrid electronics and manufacturing readiness. As a public–private... Read More Go to IACMI Blends the Best in Composites IACMI Blends the Best in Composites December 8, 2025 | IACMI Leading the Charge in Composites Manufacturing Innovation Convene, connect, catalyze. Those three simple yet powerful words have become the credo of the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing... Read More Go to 60 Detroit High School Students Experience Advanced Manufacturing at LIFT’s Manufacturing Day 60 Detroit High School Students Experience Advanced Manufacturing at LIFT’s Manufacturing Day October 10, 2025 | LIFT In celebration of Manufacturing Day, LIFT , in partnership with Buildsubmarines.com, welcomed 60 students from the Detroit Public School Community District’s Communication and Media Arts and Denby... Read More Go to MxD Is a Testbed for the Factory of the Future MxD Is a Testbed for the Factory of the Future May 20, 2025 | MxD Institute Empowers Manufacturers in the Digital Age MxD has been at the forefront of transforming how manufacturers operate in the digital age since it was founded in 2014. As the second institute in... Read More Learn from our successes. 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