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Navy Opens New Defense Manufacturing Training Center

Navy Opens New Defense Manufacturing Training Center
Jim Hook, an Accelerated Training for Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) instructor, teaches a student how to use a Haas CNC machine at the newly opened National Training Center in Danville, Virginia. This state-of-the-art facility, which opened on January 13, 2025, expands the program's capacity to train skilled workers for submarine and surface ship manufacturing. (Photo: U.S. Navy, ATDM)

The Navy this month opened a new defense manufacturing National Training Center to improve shipbuilding capability. The new 100,000 square-foot training center facility opened on Jan. 13 on the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) campus in Danville, Va. Upon opening, the first cohort of students started their training in an operation that aims to train up to 1,000 students per year as a new pipeline of skilled workers for ship and submarine manufacturing and maintenance. “This facility helps…

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