Michigan-basedIndustry4.0knowledgecentertoleaddevelopmentofastreaming,IP- protectedmanufacturingnetworkundertheIndustrialBaseAnalysisSustainmentprogram
TROY, Mich., Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Automation Alley, Michigan's Industry 4.0 knowledge center, today announced the award of a Phase I $7.5 million Task Order with a Base and Option under the Industrial Base Analysis Sustainment (IBAS) program, administered through the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) IDIQ. The contract supports the U.S. Army's efforts to modernize defense supply chain sustainment through secure, distributed additive manufacturing (AM).
Under this first phase, Automation Alley will lead the design and validation of a secure digital manufacturing environment that enables intellectual property-protected streaming of manufacturing instructions to a distributed network of AM equipment. The effort is part of Project DIAMOnD — Automation Alley's flagship defense manufacturing initiative — and represents a significant step toward demonstrating that complex defense components can be produced on demand, at distributed locations, with full data security, traceability, and quality assuranc...