Saturday, February 23, 2019

Information the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute

Raleigh, NC
Feb 23, 2019

Defense Department Awards $10 Million in Funding to Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute

 

The Department of Defense has awarded $10 million in funding to the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), with an option of $20 million more over the upcoming five years to lead the digital future of manufacturing Feb. 21. This award is part of a new multi-year follow-on agreement with a ceiling of $60 million of government funding.
 
The Department of Defense will continue the strategic partnership with DMDII for the long term as part of the effort to reform DoD for greater performance and affordability in support of the National Defense Strategy.
 
“The Department of Defense wants to reaffirm our strategic relationship with the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. We are working together to develop cutting-edge digital technology and investing in a robust research and development infrastructure to promote global competitiveness on the part of U.S. manufacturers,” stated Robert Gold, Director, Technology & Manufacturing Industrial Base.
 
Founded in 2014, DMII has invested approximately $94 million in more than 60 applied research projects nationwide. DMDII collaborates with the U.S Army’s Rock Island Arsenal, the nation’s largest government-owned weapons manufacturer. With the aim of getting equipment to U.S. Warfighters quickly, the arsenal and DMDII have used 3-D modeling to assess the arsenal’s manufacturing processes.
 
“American manufacturing must remain competitive since it underpins national and economic security,” said Tracy Frost, Pentagon’s director of the DoD Manufacturing Institutes and its Manufacturing Technology program.
 
DMDII’s mission is to enable United States manufacturers to make every part better than the last. That requires production lines to be embedded with software and sensors that connect to a network. The ability of manufacturing equipment to send and receive data in real time will enable the equipment to improve the manufacturing processes while learning from every part produced.

 

 

DMDII

The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) is where innovative manufacturers go to forge their futures. In partnership with UI LABS and the Department of Defense, DMDII equips U.S. factories with the digital tools and expertise they need to begin building every part better than the last. As a result, our more than 300 partners increase their productivity and win more business.

DMDII has invested approximately $90 million in more than 60 applied research and development projects in areas including design; product development; systems engineering; future factories; agile, resilient supply chains; and cybersecurity.

The Institute operates from a nearly 100,000-square-foot innovation center near downtown Chicago. Its factory floor features some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world, which partners can use for experimentation and training on everything from augmented reality to advanced simulation techniques.

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