What Happened
Reviving Domestic Production Capacity For Advanced Materials
The US Department of Defense is establishing a new innovation hub to address ‘unacceptable vulnerabilities’ in the production of military fabrics. The ninth Manufacturing Innovation Institute, located at Gaston College in North Carolina, aims to accelerate innovations in fibers and textiles manufacturing. According to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology Joseph Jewell, the initiative will help reestablish deterrence by leveraging advanced automation and robotics to enable domestic production of critical materials. This development was reported by DefenseScoop.