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Wishing you a Happy New Year and many blessings in 2025.

Register today! We're thrilled to feature Ben Ferrar and Noah Mostow of Phase3D, at the January #AlliancePartner Lunch & Learn, for a discussion about real-time certification through in-situ inspection for #additivemanufacturing. Ferrar and Mostow will explore Phase3D’s flagship in-situ monitoring product, Fringe Research, an inspection tool using structured light to detect and classify print #anomalies leading to part defects. Learn more and register, https://bit.ly/4g5aby1 #NCDMM

From our family to yours, we wish you a joyous, healthy holiday season!

The recently published National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan (NDIS-IP) addresses six cross-cutting initiatives to enable the DoD to achieve a more resilient defense industrial ecosystem and buy-down risks. This week we highlight Implementation Initiative #4: Capabilities and Infrastructure Modernization.             Capabilities and infrastructure modernization ensures technological viability, security, sustainability, and competitiveness in a constantly evolving industrial landscape. Modernizing critical public and private capacities and infrastructure bolsters U.S., ally, and partner defense industries, and creates a diverse, global ecosystem to produce and sustain our military capabilities.   “Fostering a 21st century defense industrial base requires investment in infrastructure and fundamental industrial capability to meet strategic and key operational requirements,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Resilience Carla Zeppieri said. “These efforts will lay the groundwork for generating the systems we need.”   Nuclear Modernization, Organic Industrial Base Modernization, and Improving Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul, and Upgrades are the three lines of effort that directly support this initiative. These efforts will ensure the DIB can securely produce the products, services, and technologies needed at speed and scale. This implementation initiative supports the following NDIS Priorities: Resilient Supply Chains and Flexible Acquisition.   Read the full NDIS and NDIS-IP here: https://lnkd.in/dUp-pDem #NDIS #ExpandTheBase

📣Showcase your groundbreaking work in Additive Manufacturing! Nominate an innovator for SME's Additive Manufacturing Awards & Competitions. 🏆 This prestigious program recognizes innovators and trailblazers across various categories. Whether you're a visionary startup, a seasoned manufacturer, a dedicated researcher, or a brilliant student, there's a platform to celebrate your achievements. Explore SME's diverse range of awards and competitions: ☑️ Additive Manufacturing Industry Achievement Award: Recognize excellence in AM. ☑️ AM Start-Up Award: Celebrate emerging leaders shaping the future of AM. ☑️ Aubin AM Case Study Award: Showcase real-world AM success stories. ☑️ AM Pitchfest: Calling all AM tech innovators. ☑️ Digital Manufacturing Challenge: Drive innovation in environmental sustainability. ☑️ AM Production Club: Transforming production one part at a time. Learn more and submit an entry today - https://bit.ly/3PdqM6V #additivemanufacturing #opportunity #innovation #excellence #success #sustainability #emergingleaders #SME #AmericaMakes

Congratulations to #AMmembers Ursa Major and Raytheon on their successful missile flight tests with a long-range solid rocket motor for the Army. Ursa Major has a facility located in Youngstown, OH, and works with America Makes on projects to research and develop their #additivemanufacturing techniques, enabling them to take on an increasingly prominent role in the military's propulsion sector. https://lnkd.in/g7_y7U4w

Last Call - MILAM 2025 Award Nominations Due December 20! #MILAM2025 is right around the corner! America Makes is seeking nominations for the Education & Workforce Development Award to be presented at the event in February. This award, presented in partnership with MILAM and the Defense Strategies Institute, recognizes exemplary training and educational advocacy work in #additivemanufacturing and #3DPrinting that has impacted the Department of Defense and the industrial base. Submit your nomination for an individual making a difference #EWD in the #AMindustry, https://lnkd.in/ghMsVDKc. #workforcedevelopment #leadership #service #contribution #advocacy #impact #DoD #MILAM #AmericaMakes

📆 Register today! Join us for the January NCDMM Alliance Partner Lunch & Learn featuring Ben Ferrar and Noah Mostow of Phase3D, discussing real-time certification through in-situ inspection for #additivemanufacturing. Ferrar and Mostow will explore Phase3D’s flagship in-situ monitoring product, Fringe Research, an inspection tool using structured light to detect and classify print anomalies leading to part defects. Learn more and register, https://bit.ly/4g5aby1 #certification #insitumonitoring #anomalies #LPBF #binderjetting #NCDMM

It has been 10 years since the U.S. Congress enacted the Revitalizing America Manufacturing and Innovation (RAMI) Act, legislation that established the Manufacturing USA. America Makes, the National Innovation Institute for Additive Manufacturing, was the first to join the network. In celebration of Manufacturing USA's 10th Anniversary, John Wilczynski, America Makes Executive Director, along with leaders from several of the other institutes, provided testimonials about the impact of the Network in accelerating the adoption of highly innovative and advanced manufacturing technologies and the importance of preparing a strong talent pipeline of workers to handle the industry of the future. https://lnkd.in/eJnHt4BT

Check out the December #AMmember Spotlight featuring AlphaSTAR Technology Solutions, an engineering software company based out of Irvine, CA. This issue highlights AlphaSTAR's predictive digital twin simulation technology, GENOA 3DP, an award-winning Integrated Computational Materials Engineering tool for #additivemanufacturing materials and processes. 🔗 https://bit.ly/41WPW1B #additivemanufacturing #digitaltwins #simulation #technology #polymers #metals #anomalies #processes #interoperability #scalability #LFAM #partnership #3Dprinting #AmericaMakes