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Requires the Department of Defense to accelerate, standardize, and secure advanced and additive (3D) manufacturing across the military. It creates new international coordination, technical guidance and manuals, regional public‑private manufacturing hubs, production and certification targets, programs to replace obsolete parts, and restrictions on procuring certain foreign‑tied additive manufacturing equipment with narrow exceptions and a case‑by‑case national‑interest waiver.
Sets deadlines for guidance, briefings, certification programs, and production goals (notably a target to qualify and approve 1,000,000 DoD parts using advanced manufacturing by Dec 31, 2027). Many initiatives require interagency and industry cooperation, use of existing DoD authorities and infrastructure, and are subject to available funding.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced July 8, 2025 by Elissa Slotkin · Last progress July 8, 2025