Biomanufacturing, Public Private Partnerships, Workforce

Today, Commissioners from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB), along with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representative Sarah McBride (D-DE), visited the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) to see firsthand how government and industry partnerships drive excellence in...

COVID-19, Economy, Public Private Partnerships, Workforce

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we live and work. This newly released special report highlights how 9 institutes in the 91¿´Æ¬ network worked with 91+ partners across 24 states and Puerto Rico on 36 manufacturing innovation projects to combat COVID-19.

The institutes convened members from industry, academia, and government to...

Announcement, Education, Lightweight Materials, Public Private Partnerships, STEM

A Heroes’ Alliance after-school Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program, focused on lightweighting and additive manufacturing technologies in vehicles, has found a new home at the LIFT – Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow research and development facility in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit.

The program – now in the second...

91¿´Æ¬
Defense, Economy, Impact, Innovation, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Network, Public Private Partnerships, Reports, Workforce

91¿´Æ¬ today released its 2016 Annual Report to Congress. The report describes the program’s work in helping to move discoveries in the nation’s universities and research laboratories to the shop floor here in America. It highlights the nine 91¿´Æ¬ institutes that were active in fiscal year 2016, and documents the network...

Department of Defense
Additive Manufacturing, Composites, Defense, Economy, Innovation, Network, Public Private Partnerships, Robotics

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

91¿´Æ¬ is a series of centers of excellence spread around the country, with each center focused on a different technological area of study.

The Pentagon has a...