AIM Photonics Recognized for Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing Capabilities

White House report highlights the role of Manufacturing USA Institutes in helping advanced technologies move from research to production

AIM Photonics was recently recognized in the Trump Administration’s Science & Technology Highlights: Year One report as part of the Department of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program's Manufacturing USA network, which brings together industry, academia and government to help address America’s manufacturing challenges.

As a Manufacturing Innovation Institute, AIM Photonics’ role centers on enabling breakthroughs to move beyond the lab and toward real-world manufacturing. This work is critical to ensuring that advances in areas like computing and communications can be manufactured domestically and transitioned into practical use for both commercial and defense applications.

The recognition underscores the need for accessible, U.S.-based manufacturing pathways that help ensure emerging technologies—such as the recently demonstrated manufacturable photonic memory device supported through AIM Photonics that fills a critical gap in optical computing systems—can be reliably produced, integrated and sustained within domestic supply chains that support the U.S. defense industrial base and broader commercial adoption.

Read the full report here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WHOSTP-2025-Wins.pdf (note: the Advanced Manufacturing section begins on page 60)