The US Department of Defense (DoD) has announced a public-private partnership to accelerate the development of smart-fabrics.
The DoD has chosen to partner with an MIT-based non-profit to create the Advanced Functional Fibers of America (AFFOA) Institute. AFFOA will be created with $75m in seed funding from the DoD and another $250m in funding from private and public enterprises. The institute itself will be the eighth Manufacturing Innovation Institute established – part…
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