DOD Selects Last Awardees for $60M Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program

The Department of Defense has selected the last nine awardees for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program, which aims to boost U.S. bioeconomic strengths and help the DOD generate more sophisticated defense capabilities. The chosen bioindustrial companies include Amyris, Cauldron Molecules, Checkerspot, DSM Nutritional Products, EVERY Company, The Fynder Group, Liberation Labs, Perfect Day and Solugen. They will receive funding to develop business and technical plans for building domestic bioindustrial manufacturing production facilities, the DOD said Thursday. Preparing for New Industrial Revolution According to Heidi Shyu, the under secretary of research and engineering at the DOD, the selected firms will advanceThe post DOD Selects Last Awardees for $60M Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program first appeared on Executive Gov.