Story by Mary Pacinda | Air Force Research Laboratory | 11.19.2021
Ensuring a steady supply of technical and scientific expertise for American industry and innovation has been a national priority since about 1957 when the Soviet Union launched its first Sputnik. Today, however, with the increasingly rapid pace of high technology, the need to attract young people to the field of advanced technical manufacturing has become even more critical. To meet that need,......
Story by Steven Park | Army Research Laboratory | 07.15.2020
The NextFlex Manufacturing Innovation Institute entered its second cooperative agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. Government program management will be the responsibility of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory. As a part of this agreement, NextFlex will aid DOD’s mission to promote U.S. leadership in flexible hybrid......
Story by Donna M Lindner | Air Force Research Laboratory | 06.12.2020
The Air Force Research Laboratory and NextFlex recently settled on a seven-year funding agreement worth up to $154M that includes funding from the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Manufacturing Technology program....
Story by Donna M Lindner | Air Force Research Laboratory | 03.13.2018
A prominent technical director from the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was one of six people selected to receive the NextFlex Fellow award....
Story by Marisa Alia-Novobilski | Air Force Research Laboratory | 02.02.2018
Lightweight, low-cost and flexible electronic systems are the key to next-generation smart technologies for military as well as consumer and commercial applications....
