Sponsors
This is not an official government website.
Copyright © 2026 PLEJ LC. All rights reserved.
Directs the Department of Defense to accelerate use of advanced and additive manufacturing across acquisition, sustainment, and research. It requires new DoD guidance and a vendor-agnostic technical manual, establishes regional public–private advanced manufacturing hubs, sets targets to qualify and produce large numbers of additively manufactured parts, and creates certification, testing, and data‑sharing programs to speed fielding and strengthen supply‑chain resilience. The bill also bans procurement or operation of certain additive manufacturing machines or systems tied to specified foreign adversaries, with narrow testing and national‑interest waiver exceptions. The legislation sets deadlines and milestones (mainly by late 2026 and through 2027), mandates use of the Defense Logistics Agency’s JAMMEX repository where practical, requires workforce and cybersecurity measures, and directs DoD to address diminishing suppliers, UAS pilot certifications, and Army ground‑system sustainment through additive manufacturing efforts.
The bill aims to speed and domesticize defense additive manufacturing—improving readiness, resilience, and industrial opportunity—while imposing significant near‑term costs, administrative burdens, security and reliability risks, and potential disruption to existing contractors.
Military personnel and maintenance units will get replacement parts faster because DoD and regional/organic distributed manufacturing (hubs, depots, in‑house 3D/metal printing) brings production closer to the point of use and shortens lead times.
The defense industrial base will become more resilient to supply shocks as the bill promotes domestic capacity, reduces single‑supplier dependencies, supports stockpiling of critical metals, and establishes regional manufacturing hubs.
U.S. manufacturers, small businesses, and tech workers gain new commercial opportunities and potential DoD contracts as the bill encourages U.S. sourcing, supports manufacturing innovation institutes, and scales advanced manufacturing in defense supply chains.
Taxpayers and the defense budget will face increased near‑term costs because building hubs, scaling additive manufacturing capabilities, stockpiling materials, meeting numeric production targets, and funding certification and IP licensing require new appropriations.
Service members and civilians face safety and reliability risks if additive‑manufactured parts are used for critical systems without sufficient testing and qualification; certifying weaponized systems (e.g., loitering munitions) also raises proliferation and public‑safety concerns.
Centralizing technical data, sharing detailed test/design data across services, and expanding international collaboration increases the risk of cyber intrusions, espionage, or unintended technology leakage if protections and export controls are insufficient.
Introduced July 8, 2025 by Elissa Slotkin · Last progress July 8, 2025