LIFT is seeking innovative approaches from industry and academia to advance the current state of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for the domestic casting and forging industries to address key areas and challenges identified in the road map and transition solutions developed back to the defense industrial base for broader...
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 the DoW’s commercial (CIB) and/or organic industrial base (OIB) and related supply chains. However, dual-use technology that benefits the broader U.S...
The Chemical Protective Textiles Challenge, a partnership between Advanced Functional Fabrics of America ( AFFOA ) and the Capability Program Executive for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CPE CBRND), and sponsored by its SPARK innovation incubator, seeks commercially available or high technology readiness level (TRL)...
The Robotic Enhancements for Armaments Manufacturing (REARM) Special Call is a competitive funding opportunity administered by NextFlex on behalf of the Department of War (DoW) to accelerate modernization of the U.S. Munitions Industrial Base (MIB).
REARM seeks projects that develop, demonstrate, and transition advanced manufacturing capabilities...
In 2025, MxD and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) successfully deployed 10 first-generation industrial sensor kits to monitor legacy machine health and optimize submarine maintenance. While this pilot proved the value of no-code, real-time data collection, scaling it across the broader Organic Industrial Base (OIB) revealed key challenges in high...
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 launch a combined $8 million of project activities to address U.S. competitiveness in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
The concept deadline is September 9...
The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under Agreement Number W911NF-17-3-0004, and part of the Manufacturing USA® network.
The ARM Institute has developed the RoboticsCareer.org platform which provides an online, scalable approach to...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Acquisition and Sustainment, Industrial Base Analysis Sustainment (IBAS) Program , and the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office ...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Acquisition and Sustainment, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program , worth a total of $12.4M. The project call, Maturation Initiatives for...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announced two new project calls worth a combined $14.5M. Both are funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech).
NextFlex Project Calls fulfill one of the Institute’s primary goals: fostering technology innovation and commercialization.
Project Call (PC) 11.0: Resiliency and Efficiency is the first part of the eleventh project call issued by NextFlex. Like the previous project calls, it is intended to advance the state of the art in manufacturing for hybrid...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech), worth a total of $10.5M. The project call, Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), in cooperation with our fellow Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MII), are proud to announce a new project challenge funded by Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech). The 2026 Department of...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL RXN) , worth a total of $6M. The project call, Powder Alloy Development for Additive Manufacturing (PADAM) 2.0...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech) worth a total of $2M. The project call, Artificial Intelligence for Material Allowables in Additive...