“Thanks to MxD, we became the first U.S. Naval Shipyard to achieve real-time performance tracking of industrial plant equipment. This achievement has fundamentally changed the way we manage operations, respond to issues and plan maintenance.”
U.S. Department of Defense-owned factories must ramp up their digital manufacturing in order for the United States to maintain its military superiority and continue to support its allies. Approximately $18 billion in modernization funding is planned between now and 2038. MxD works closely with the DoD to assess, pilot and scale solutions that will keep our military manufacturing competitive, safe and ready. By leveraging the right tools and data, we help secure our country and ensure a brighter future.
A strengthened U.S. industrial base will increase supply chain resiliency in support of the American warfighter. At MxD, this takes shape in collaborations with our DoD partners.
In 2025, MxD was awarded $6M to establish the OIB Modernization Accelerator Program. MxD is set to assess and pilot projects at new sites and will continue to support the DoD to rapidly scale solutions that accelerate modernization.
savings of original project cost at an arsenal
out of the top 5 Defense Industrial Base Primes are MxD members
At U.S. Army plants, certain ammunition is produced through a complex “melt-pour” mixing process. In partnership with Army arsenals, MxD is using digital twin technology to optimize the process – creating safer, more reliable, and more effective ammunition manufacturing.
Time is of the essence when submarines get maintenance or repairs at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine. That’s why our team installed 10 MxD Sensor Kits to track current, vibration, liquid flow and more. The team also performed an assessment to unlock efficiencies in part production.
“Thanks to MxD, we became the first U.S. Naval Shipyard to achieve real-time performance tracking of industrial plant equipment. This achievement has fundamentally changed the way we manage operations, respond to issues and plan maintenance.”
“The strength of America’s defense industrial base relies heavily on an innovative and competitive manufacturing sector. For the last 11 years, MxD’s work has significantly and tangibly benefited U.S. defense operations and will remain vital in the future. This renewal demonstrates commitment in MxD to empower manufacturers with the resources needed to upskill their workforce and prepare for current and future needs.”
“Our work with MxD has been an important step toward digitizing and streamlining the process of getting equipment and materiel from the factory to the foxhole.”
Here’s some of the high-impact work that is helping the DoD be more efficient.
Lockheed Martin and MxD collaborated to implement the new IPC-2581 digital standard for printed circuit board (PCB) design communication, successfully demonstrating a more efficient and less error-prone collaboration process that replaces outdated manual methods.
MxD provided expertise to the Rock Island Arsenal, the US's largest government-owned weapons manufacturer, resulting in recommendations and implementations to enhance digital capabilities, transition away from paper models, and improve operational efficiency.
An MxD project partnered with GE to develop and pilot an automated, adaptive machining process utilizing machine learning to successfully machine all at-risk jet engine turbine blade castings, thereby eliminating production scrap rates.
MxD convenes the industrial base to help harden U.S. national security.
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