YOUNGSTOWN, OH, USA, Oct 23, 2026 – America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winners of a recent project call worth $12.4M in funding.
The Maturation Initiative for Additive Metals Interchangeability (MIAMI) project call is funded through the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Acquisition & Sustainment, Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy, Industrial Base Resilience, Warfighting Investments, Resourcing, and Execution Office (OSW WIRE). The objective is to validate that metallic additive manufacturing (AM) materials can reliably replace traditional alloys in Department of War (DoW) weapon system components. Project teams will select candidate parts, define performance requirements, and generate shared, validated data demonstrating that the AM material meets or exceeds the critical properties of the legacy alloys it is intended to substitute. The goal is to enable broad, cross-platform use of AM materials, reduce redundant testing, and accelerate qualification so AM solutions can be adopted quickly and confidently across the defense industrial base.
The chosen efforts are expected to deliver actionable insights that reduce technical and industrial risk, support practical pathways to transition, and provide shared value to both the DoW and the organic industrial base.
Congratulations to the following winners and their project team partners of the MIAMI project call.
- Project Lead: Northrop Grumman Corporation
Project Partners: Georgia Institute of Technology; Contextualize, LLC - Project Lead: Fastech, LLC
Project Partners: Pacific Engineering, Inc.; Auburn University/National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence; Texas A&M University; Prime Tech Data Management; AML3D; Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research, Inc.
About America Makes
America Makes is the nation’s leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM) technology and education. America Makes members from industry, academia, government, and workforce and economic development organizations work together to accelerate the adoption of AM and the nation’s global manufacturing competitiveness. Founded in 2012 as the Department of War’s National Manufacturing Innovation Institute for AM and the first of the Manufacturing USA network, America Makes is based in Youngstown, Ohio, and managed by the not-for-profit National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM). Learn more at americamakes.us.
About NCDMM
NCDMM delivers innovative and collaborative manufacturing solutions that enhance our nation’s workforce and economic competitiveness. NCDMM has extensive knowledge and depth in commercial and defense manufacturing areas to continually innovate, improve, and advance manufacturing technologies and methodologies. Our experienced team specializes in identifying the needs, players, technologies, and processes to attain optimal solutions for our customers. We connect the dots. That’s the NCDMM methodology. With seven locations nationwide, NCDMM manages America Makes, Youngstown Innovation Hub, and El Paso Makes and is a subsidiary of the Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group, Inc. (MTDG). Learn more at ncdmm.org.
