Research l Manufacturing Technologies l Workforce Development
Charged by the U.S. Department of Defense and its Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program, AmeriCOM is leveraging American ingenuity to forge new paths of prosperity for our nation’s workforce while securing our advanced manufacturing industrial base. Working in concert with industrial, academic, nonprofit, and government partners, the AmeriCOM team of scientists, engineers, educators, and workforce development specialists are all dedicated to building up America’s precision optics manufacturing industry.
Learn MoreDesign and execute workforce training programs to support the increasing complexity and growing manufacturing requirements of the nation’s optics industry.
Develop advanced optics manufacturing technologies, testing equipment, and the specialized materials required to support scalable manufacturing.
Successfully transition mission-critical precision optics technologies from research into sustainable manufacturing operations.
Community colleges serve as the hub of a regional optics ecosystem, delivering programs in advanced manufacturing skills training. Colleges manage the teaching labs with equipment provided by AmeriCOM and support apprenticeship programs in optics.
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Companies that make up a regional optics industry cluster play a key role in the establishment and growth of the training program. They serve on the Advisory Board, provide instructors, help recruit students, and are ambassadors for the industry.
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An optics ecosystem is, ultimately, a reflection of the community in which it operates. Nonprofit organizations with a workforce development mission and those that promote STEM learning for K-12 learners are key partners in a successful optics training community.
Learn MoreIn our research lab and together with partners, we are developing advanced optics manufacturing technologies from research into sustainable manufacturing operations.
Learn MoreWe are lighting up people’s futures with careers in optics. A national outreach program anchored by a dynamic website is raising awareness about the important role of Optics Technicians.
Learn MoreOur Optics Insider newsletter tracks the latest developments in the growing field of precision optics manufacturing and highlights the people making it happen.
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