Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
Abstract
DoD supports nine manufacturing innovation institutes that are public/private partnerships that address both commercial and defense manufacturing needs within specific, defense-relevant technology areas and receive active participation and support from the military departments and defense agencies. The institutes’ flexible business models and strong focus on enabling highly collaborative R&D are catalyzing important new organizational relationships across government, industry and academia. This is bringing together both traditional defense and non-traditional sectors, accelerating key innovation cycles and expanding U.S. industrial capability and assisting in creating resilient supply chains that will support innovative defense products. DoD’s nine institutes are: (1) America Makes (Additive Manufacturing); (2) MxD – Manufacturing times Digital (Digital Manufacturing, Design and Cybersecurity); (3) LIFT – Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow (Lightweighting Innovations – materials and processes); (4) American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (Device Manufacturing and Packaging); (5) NextFlex Manufacturing Innovation Institute (Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing); (6) Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (Smart Fibers and Textiles); (7) BioFabUSA Manufacturing Innovation Institute (regenerative tissue manufacturing); (8) Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (Smart Collaborative Robotics for Manufacturing); and (9) Synthetic Biology Manufacturing Innovation Institute, which is new and being stood up in accordance with current mission requirements. The funding provided for the manufacturing innovation institutes is focused in the following areas: • Conducting (or funding) pre-competitive applied research and development projects to reduce the cost, time, and technical uncertainty related to new manufacturing technologies and to improve existing technologies, processes, and products. • Developing and implementing education, training, and workforce recruitment courses, materials, and programs. • Developing innovative methodologies and practices for supply chain integration and introduction of new technologies into supply chains. • Engaging with small and mid-sized manufacturers, including women and minority-owned manufacturing enterprises, and larger-sized manufacturing firms. While each institute has a different model there are similar in the following ways: • Each institute is a public-private partnership with representatives from industry, academia, state and local governments, and the DoD that co-invest in world-leading technologies and capabilities. • Each institute provides facilities needed to allow collaborative, precompetitive development of promising technologies and to promote the creation of stable and sustainable innovation ecosystems for advanced manufacturing. • The partnerships forming the institutes must commit non-federal resources that equal or exceed the federal The funding provided for the manufacturing innovation institutes is focused in the following areas: • Conducting (or funding) pre-competitive applied research and development projects to reduce the cost, time, and technical uncertainty related to new manufacturing technologies and to improve existing technologies, processes, and products. • Developing and implementing education, training, and workforce recruitment courses, materials, and programs. • Developing innovative methodologies and practices for supply chain integration and introduction of new technologies into supply chains. • Engaging with small and mid-sized manufacturers, including women and minority-owned manufacturing enterprises, and larger-sized manufacturing firms. While each institute has a different model there are similar in the following ways; • Each is a public-private partnership with representatives from industry, academia, state and local governments, and the DoD that co-invest in world-leading technologies and capabilities. • Each institute provides facilities needed to allow collaborative, precompetitive development of promising technologies and to promote the creation of stable and sustainable innovation ecosystems for advanced manufacturing. • The partnerships forming the institutes must commit non-federal resources that equal or exceed the federal contribution during a five- to seven-year establishment period. • Each institute is part of the Manufacturing USA network. contribution during a five- to seven-year establishment period. • Each institute is part of the Manufacturing USA Network.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 350_0603680D8Z_3_0400_PB_2021
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