Advanced manufacturing is a matter of fundamental importance to the economic strength and national security of the United States. The analysis of patterns and trends in U.S. advanced manufacturing contained in this NSTC report reveals both opportunities for Federal policy to accelerate the development of this vital sector and challenges to its continuing health. The NSTC’s work, together with PCAST’s recommendations and the forthcoming report of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee, provides a solid foundation for a Federal policy that will enable the United States to “build it here, and sell it everywhere,” as Secretary of Commerce John Bryson put it recently.

Strategic Plan, Adv. Mfg.