Our mission

Our mission is to serve as a national center of excellence to research, develop, evaluate and demonstrate methodologies and tools for rapid and cost-effective manufacturing of aerospace products and to educate the evolving aerospace manufacturing workforce, resulting in significant technological advancement and economic impact.

Objectives:

• Research, develop, evaluate, demonstrate, and transfer advanced technologies of critical importance to the aerospace defense and commercial manufacturing industries in the United States. 
  
  
• Create knowledge, methodologies, and tools that can improve affordability, rapidity, quality, productivity, reliability, and safety in aerospace manufacturing.
  
  
• Disseminate the knowledge, methodologies, and tools developed by the Center to the aerospace manufacturing industry through direct technology transfer as well as the development of education, training, and outreach activities.
  
  
• Serve as a role model of university-industry-government collaborative partnership.