Driving American Advanced Manufacturing Into the Future Through Technology and Talent Development
LIFT is an accelerator connecting advanced materials, manufacturing processes, systems engineering and talent development enhancing America’s manufacturing competitiveness, national economy and security.
How LIFT Works
LIFT accelerates the development and adoption of advanced materials, manufacturing processes, and educational tools for industry and the Department of Defense by connecting industry, academia, and government.
LIFT, and its ecosystem, designs, builds, and tests, innovative materials, manufacturing processes, and curriculum, moving the U.S. industrial base into the future.
The LIFT Advantage
As a public-private partnership, LIFT harnesses the power of American industry, academia, and government to collaborate, accelerate, innovate and educate.
The LIFT Ecosystem
Get Involved
LIFT is a membership-based ecosystem committed to shaping the future of American advanced manufacturing.
From global companies and top national academic and research institutions to small & medium-sized manufacturers and start-up organizations, our members work in concert to position the United States as the global leader in advanced manufacturing.
Here’s how to get involved with LIFT:
LIFT News, Podcasts & Webinars
SMARTER MANUFACTURING PODCAST
Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Alexander Alvarado, CEO, Paradigm Parachute & Defense
Upcoming Events
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A Decade of Driving American Advanced Manufacturing Into the Future
2024 celebrates a decade of LIFT achieving many technological and educational milestones, by connecting advanced materials, manufacturing processes, systems engineering and talent in support of our national security and national defense. Discover our journey by viewing our timeline and the see the impact we, and our ecosystem, have made.
