Revitalizing the American Industrial Base

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Building the future of American Manufacturing

  • The American Center for Manufacturing & Innovation (ACMI) is an industrial group focused on revitalizing the U.S. industrial base. We support manufacturers so they can focus on building and scaling.

  • ACMI aligns public and private priorities, specialized resources, and capital to bridge critical gaps in domestic production. We work through our affiliates to support ecosystems that create and produce essential components and leading hardware. We operate nationwide.

    Simply put: We build factories, invest capital, work with the federal government, and coordinate technical and strategic resources so manufacturers can focus on what they do best - building, designing, and scaling their products and technology.

  • ACMI works with a cross-section of organizations and stakeholders to revitalize the American industrial base across U.S. including:

    • Academic institutions

    • Defense primes

    • Established companies

    • Foreign companies from allied nations looking to expand in the U.S.

    • Government agencies

    • Nonprofit industry organizations

    • Private equity

    • Research labs / FFRDCs

    • Startups

    • Universities

    • U.S. military

    • Venture capital / Accelerators / Incubators

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A New Way To Build for our future

ACMI is revolutionizing hardware scaling through a campus-based ecosystem that enables manufacturing startups in scaling and production hubs.

By establishing public-private partnerships to reduce barriers to entry and financial risk, our model empowers "rocket scientists" to focus on core innovation while securing the nation's critical manufacturing infrastructure.

Read our op-ed published by the National Academy of Sciences

Trusted by leaders in government, industry, and academia

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ACMI Group Leadership Team

Our Advisors

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    Dr. Christine Michienzi

    Chief Technology Officer, DoW (Ret.)

    28+ years with the DoW as the Chief Technology Officer of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment

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    Terry Emmert

    Director, Adaptive Capabilities Office - DARPA (Ret.)

    35+ years of experience leading the design, development, and implementation of advanced technologies

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    Dr. Robert Wardle

    Chief Architect, Munitions, ACMI Federal

    35+ years of expertise in Energetic Materials and Advanced Programs

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    Dr. Arthur Herman

    Senior Fellow, Civitas Institute

    Pulitzer Prize finalist, historian, New York Times bestselling author, and renowned national security expert

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    Charlie Precourt

    NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office (Ret.)

    45+ years of NASA and defense experience

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    Dr. Vicki Barbur

    Senior Advisor, Strategy and Communications, ACMI Group

    30+ years of experience in advanced research, government projects, and academia

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    Dr. Arun Seraphin

    Executive Director, Emerging Technologies Institute at the National Defense Industrial Association

    30+ years of experience in industrial technology and policy

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    Pam Clark

    Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships,
    ACMI Group

    35+ years of experience with the Army and the Department of War

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    Jason Lloyd

    US Navy, Rear Admiral (Ret.)

    35+ years of leadership experience in the US Navy and DoW including as Chief Engineer, Naval Sea Systems Command.

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    Bill Johnson, P.E.

    Co-owner, Athena Manufacturing (Ret.)

    40+ years of experience in engineering and nationally renowned expert in advanced manufacturing

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    Brock Fraser

    Manufacturing and design expert

    28 years in automotive industry design, development, operations and manufacturing

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    Whitney Jones

    Founder, Whisky Tango LLC

    30 years of experience in defense and the former Deputy Program Manager, U.S. Navy Maritime Industrial Base

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    Will Durant

    President, Energetics Technology Center

    10+ years of defense contractor experience

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    Bernice Kissinger

    Allied Nations, Dual-Use Advisor

    40 years of operations experience in the Indo-Pacific region

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    Dr. Greg Hayes

    Senior VP Applied Technology, EOS

    20+ years in high-end, and cutting-edge, material science research and development

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    Dr. Steve Beaudoin

    Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

    25+ years in academia, chemical engineering and defense

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    Nicholas Keim

    Director of Energetics Research Group, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering

    15+ years of experience in defense and academia

  • Michael White

    Principal Director for Hypersonics, DoW (Ret.)

    40+ years of experience in developing hypersonics, precision strike, and air and missile defense systems