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Innovation on the production line: A business case [Commentary]

Innovation and manufacturing are diametrically opposed. But there is a need for this dynamic tension between innovation and manufacturing to drive the best value possible into a product.

Israeli Air Force eyes 3-D printing as a hedge against wartime disruptions

Military planners in Israel are looking to 3-D printing to bolster wartime self-sufficiency in the event of embargoes or supply chain disruptions.

How one company uses commercial tech to make larger, less expensive aircraft structures

Arconic takes aircraft structures that typically take many components to build and manufactures them as a single piece.

Interview: DoD's Tracy Frost offers a status check on Manufacturing USA

Tracy Frost, the Pentagon’s director of DoD Manufacturing Institutes and the acting head of the DoD Manufacturing Technologies (ManTech) program,explains how her program works and why the defense industry should get involved.

Industrial base war-gaming: Pentagon wants companies to find supply-chain weaknesses

John McGinn, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for defense, manufacturing and industrial base policy, laid out Wednesday how his team is hoping to prepare the department for an industrial base crisis in a time of conflict.

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Some brigade combat teams to be 'virtually all-electric'

Donald Sando, Maneuver Center of Excellence deputy to the commanding general, talks about replacing the Army's fleet of fighting vehicles with an electric-powered force.

Army faces 'generational change' to all-electric vehicles

Interview: DoD's Tracy Frost offers a status check on Manufacturing USA

Tracy Frost, the Pentagon’s director of DoD Manufacturing Institutes and the acting head of the DoD Manufacturing Technologies (ManTech) program,explains how her program works and why the defense industry should get involved.

By Aaron Mehta

Industrial base war-gaming: Pentagon wants companies to find supply-chain weaknesses

John McGinn, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for defense, manufacturing and industrial base policy, laid out Wednesday how his team is hoping to prepare the department for an industrial base crisis in a time of conflict.

By Aaron Mehta

Stay in your lane? DoD could bank more on virtues of commercial manufacturing

As DoD experiments with new procurement techniques, commercial manufacturers are looking to cash in.

By Jill Aitoro

Pentagon targets lower-tier suppliers on new $60M F-35 affordability effort

The F-35 program office and Lockheed Martin are kicking off a second round of cost-cutting initiatives in the hopes of driving unit costs of an A-model to $80 million by 2020, and this time, more focus will be on Lockheed’s expansive supply chain.

By Valerie Insinna

Marine Corps looks to 3-D printing to make spare parts downrange

The Marine Corps is looking to additive manufacturing as a possible method to build spare parts rapidly in the field, which could reduce the heavy burden of a long logistics tail out to the tactical edge.

By Jen Judson

Payback emerges on Pentagon's Manufacturing USA initiative

To find out how the Pentagon is driving new manufacturing techniques, you need to look outside the building and to a network of public-private partnerships located around the country.

By Aaron Mehta

Adapting the Henry Ford model: How military vehicle manufacturers customize production

Defense manufacturers are mirroring commercial manufacturers’ assembly lines to become more efficient and cut costs in an increasingly crowded armoured vehicle manufacturing industry.

By Puja Murgai

As China quietly invests in American tech startups, US struggles to respond

Amid concerns from U.S. lawmakers and the Pentagon that China is “weaponizing” investment in early-stage technologies, Congress is considering legislation aimed at sealing regulatory gaps.

By Joe Gould

Spacewalking cosmonauts release 3-D-printed satellite

Researchers want to see how parts made with a 3-D printer weather the space environment.

DoD Opens Biofabrication Hub in New Hampshire

It is part of the Obama administration's Manufacturing USA initiative.

By Aaron Mehta

Aerojet bends rocket engine cost curve with 3-D printing

Rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne is looking to cutting-edge technology to cut the cost of space launch.

By Lara Seligman

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Innovation and manufacturing are diametrically opposed. But there is a need for this dynamic tension between innovation and manufacturing to drive the best value possible into a product.

Military planners in Israel are looking to 3-D printing to bolster wartime self-sufficiency in the event of embargoes or supply chain disruptions.

Arconic takes aircraft structures that typically take many components to build and manufactures them as a single piece.

Tracy Frost, the Pentagon’s director of DoD Manufacturing Institutes and the acting head of the DoD Manufacturing Technologies (ManTech) program,explains how her program works and why the defense industry should get involved.

John McGinn, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for defense, manufacturing and industrial base policy, laid out Wednesday how his team is hoping to prepare the department for an industrial base crisis in a time of conflict.

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Donald Sando, Maneuver Center of Excellence deputy to the commanding general, talks about replacing the Army's fleet of fighting vehicles with an electric-powered force.

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Tracy Frost, the Pentagon’s director of DoD Manufacturing Institutes and the acting head of the DoD Manufacturing Technologies (ManTech) program,explains how her program works and why the defense industry should get involved.

John McGinn, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for defense, manufacturing and industrial base policy, laid out Wednesday how his team is hoping to prepare the department for an industrial base crisis in a time of conflict.

As DoD experiments with new procurement techniques, commercial manufacturers are looking to cash in.

The F-35 program office and Lockheed Martin are kicking off a second round of cost-cutting initiatives in the hopes of driving unit costs of an A-model to $80 million by 2020, and this time, more focus will be on Lockheed’s expansive supply chain.

The Marine Corps is looking to additive manufacturing as a possible method to build spare parts rapidly in the field, which could reduce the heavy burden of a long logistics tail out to the tactical edge.

To find out how the Pentagon is driving new manufacturing techniques, you need to look outside the building and to a network of public-private partnerships located around the country.

Defense manufacturers are mirroring commercial manufacturers’ assembly lines to become more efficient and cut costs in an increasingly crowded armoured vehicle manufacturing industry.

Amid concerns from U.S. lawmakers and the Pentagon that China is “weaponizing” investment in early-stage technologies, Congress is considering legislation aimed at sealing regulatory gaps.

Researchers want to see how parts made with a 3-D printer weather the space environment.

It is part of the Obama administration's Manufacturing USA initiative.

Rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne is looking to cutting-edge technology to cut the cost of space launch.

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