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NextFlex®, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, announced that it has generated $17 million in funding (including $8.7M in cost-share contribution from participants) for 18 new projects as part of its Project Call 6.0 to further promote FHE development and adoption throughout the U.S. advanced manufacturing sector.
Project Call 6.0’s awarded projects represent a diverse and innovative set of companies and universities that together are focused on maturing the industry’s capabilities while leveraging the strong foundation established in prior Project Calls. Included in this latest round of funded projects are applications that help to move the manufacturing industry closer to volume manufacturing and commercialization: additively manufactured high-temperature conductors for hypersonics, sensors and communication systems for low cost attritable unmanned aerial systems, wireless monitoring devices for more efficient and safer human-robot interfacing on the factory floor, and software tools that enable reliability modeling and simplify manufacturing. This latest round of funding brings the total amount invested in FHE developments to over $116M, including cost-share contributions from prior Project Call participants.
”This latest round of projects focus broadly on critical FHE manufacturing developments that have been prioritized in the NextFlex FHE Manufacturing Roadmaps,” said Malcolm Thompson, Ph.D., Executive Director, NextFlex. “These projects will develop groundbreaking capabilities that will transition to industrial practice and benefit US manufacturing.”
The 18 winning projects will address demonstrating the reliability of FHE devices in harsh environments, improving the accuracy and complexity of printed electronics on conformal surfaces, and novel materials and processes for assembly and components attach on flexible substrates. Furthermore, the projects will help to transition an increasing number of new capabilities into the U.S. industrial manufacturing sector for further advancement of the industry.
Project Call 6.0’s awarded funding will go to:
Click here to learn more about NextFlex's Project Call 6.0.
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