America Makes: The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) Status Report and Future Opportunities (Postprint)

Abstract

Manufacturing remains the essential core of the U.S. economy's innovation infrastructure and is critical to national defense. However, a gap exists between R&D activities and the deployment of technological innovations in the domestic production of goods and this gap could have long-term negative consequences for the defense industrial base. As global competition to manufacture advanced products intensifies, the performance of these innovation ecosystems must improve. Accelerating innovation and implementation of advanced manufacturing capabilities requires bridging a number of these gaps in the present U.S. innovation system. What is needed is for industry, academia, and government partners to leverage existing resources, collaborate, and co-invest to nurture manufacturing innovation and accelerate commercialization and defense production.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA610453

Entities

People

  • Jennifer C. Fielding
  • John D. Russell

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Commerce
  • Environment
  • Fabrication
  • Governments
  • Infrastructure
  • Manufacturing
  • National Security
  • Printing
  • Production
  • Small Business
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States

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