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America Makes Awards $10.5M for Additive Manufacturing

August 7, 2026

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Key Takeaways

America Makes awards $10.5M for additive manufacturing project.
Project focuses on qualifying suppliers for metal AM industrial base.
Twenty-five project teams were chosen for the effort.
Training curriculum to be developed with Wichita State University.

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Strategic Implications

This investment may indicate a significant push towards standardizing additive manufacturing training and audits, which could strengthen the defense industrial base and accelerate the onboarding of non-traditional vendors. The initiative suggests a focus on expanding manufacturing readiness and capabilities, which may have a lasting impact on the industry.

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What Happened

Unified Requirements And Training For Metal Suppliers

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have announced the winners of a recent project call, worth $10.5 million, focused on unified requirements and training to qualify laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing (AM) and directed energy deposition (DED) suppliers for the metal AM industrial base. The project aims to strengthen manufacturing readiness and expand defense industrial bases (DIB) capabilities by standardizing AM training and audits. This was reported by Aerospace Manufacturing and Design.

Source | Originally Published: August 3, 2026

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