Defense Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology Program

Abstract

This program supports the Department's initiatives to Build Sustainable and Long-Term Advantage, and Build a Resilient Joint Force Defense Ecosystem. The Defense-wide Manufacturing Science and Technology (DMS&T) program is the joint, defense-wide component of the Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program directed in Title 10 U.S.C. Section 2521. DMS&T addresses joint, cross-cutting, and high-risk/high payoff technologies; manufacturing challenges within the DoD critical technology areas; and many of the recommendations in the Executive Order Report “Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States” September 2018. The DMS&T program objective is to increase the speed at which innovation, inventions, and scientific discoveries are turned into equipment and capabilities through advances in manufacturing technologies and processes. The DMS&T program created and is sustaining a manufacturing innovation ecosystem via activities within three Program Element (PE) Project Codes: 680 - Manufacturing Science and Technology Program (MSTP), 350 - DoD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs), and 351 - Manufacturing Education and Workforce Development (M-EWD). Project Code 680, Manufacturing Science and Technology Program (MSTP): MSTP projects focus on cross-cutting defense manufacturing advancements and stimulates early development of manufacturing processes and enterprise business practices. Project Code 350, DoD MIIs: This project supports nine DoD-led MIIs within the national Manufacturing USA network, in accordance with mission requirements. MII technology domain focus areas are: (1) additive manufacturing; (2) digital manufacturing, design, and manufacturing cybersecurity; (3) lightweight materials; (4) integrated photonics; (5) flexible hybrid electronics; (6) smart fibers and textiles; (7) advanced tissue biofabrication; (8) advanced robotics for manufacturing; and (9) bioindustrial manufacturing. Each MII is a public/private partnership with members from industry, academia, and federal and state governments that together mature manufacturing processes, build out a supporting ecosystem, and provide manufacturing education and workforce development. The consortia match DoD funding at a one to one ratio (or greater). They include small and medium as well as large manufacturers and state-of-the-art pilot facilities. Project Code 351, Manufacturing Education and Workforce Development (M-EWD): M-EWD provides strategic leadership of advanced manufacturing talent development within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) with three mission objectives: (1) invest in strategic education and workforce development capabilities, (2) expand the talent acquisition pool to promote diversity equity and inclusion (DEI), (3) modernize manufacturing EWD by driving action within DIB-critical regional economies with a focus on Career & Technical Education (CTE).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0603680D8Z_3_0400_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2024 increase of $4.376 million is comprised of a realignment of $5.410 million to support the Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Serving Institutions program, which is a priority of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)), $3.220 million to support departmental priorities, and increases of $9.750 million to explore alternatives to traditional casting and forging manufacturing processes, $1.900 million to expand additive manufacturing for logistics, and an economic assumption increase of $1.356 million.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Biomedical
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
• Kinetic Weapons
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Additive Manufacturing
• Climate Change
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Data Analysis
• Engineers
• Fabrication
• Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Processing
• Materials Science
• Materials Testing
• Microelectromechanical Systems
• National Security
• Students

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Manufacturing Engineering.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Cyber - Quantum
• Microelectronics