The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to develop a pilot guided mentoring program to resolve Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS), whereby students are able to learn advanced skills and have access to the tools needed to design and fabricate low-volume material shortage or obsolesces parts, and the DOD is able to receive parts no longer readily available from original equipment manufacturers to keep their equipment active and in working order.

Specific objectives for the pilot project are:

  • Demonstrate the viability of an integrated defense supply chain/work-based workforce readiness program
  • Identify material shortage or obsolete DoD components/assemblies and establish pilot project work flow
  • Provide technical resources for reverse engineering, technical data package development, prototype design verification, and manufacturing sources of identified obsolete parts/assemblies
  • Utilize appropriate advanced digital manufacturing technologies in prototyping, initial production, and workforce readiness program elements
  • Develop future scale-up plan to expand the program into other geographic locations to multiply the impact of the program

If you feel your organization has the technical capabilities and would like to be considered for this project, please complete the form below and upload your organization’s technical capabilities statement.

Interested Submissions Due by 9/2/25.

We encourage participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), including Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs).

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