NCDMM to lead $7.5M Army initiative related to additive manufacturing
The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, which manages America Makes and the Youngstown Innovation Hub, has been awarded a task order valued at $7.5 million, it was announced Wednesday. As the prime contractor, NCDMM will partner with Michigan-based Automation Alley to advance secure, distributed additive manufacturing capabilities that strengthen the defense supply chain’s resilience. Administered through NCDMM’s indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, the effort supports the U.S. Army’s modernization priorities by demonstrating how intellectual property-protected manufacturing instructions can be securely transmitted to distributed AM equipment, enabling on-demand production of defense components with data security, traceability,…
