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  <title><![CDATA[GTMI Executive Director Ben Wang Shares Insight on Air Force Manufacturing Technology]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Air Force Research Laboratory&rsquo;s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. At the Airodef Conference held in Texas in early March 2017, Ben Wang joined in a panel discussion to explore&nbsp;how the Air Force&rsquo;s Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program can be responsive to future warfighting game changers such as directed energy, hypersonics, and autonomy, as well as &ldquo;third offset&rdquo; technologies. The&nbsp;panel included discussion of technology, emerging trends, workforce development, public policy, and legislation required for Air Force ManTech to improve warfighting capability and to reduce acquisition and sustainment costs.</p>

<p>Ben Wang, who serves as the executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, was joined by John Russell, Air Force Research Laboratory; Lane Ballard, Boeing Research and Technology; Michael Maher, Maher &amp; Associates, LLC; Ralph Resnick, National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining; and Charles Wessner, Georgetown University.</p>
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      <value><![CDATA[<p>Laura Day<br />
Marketing Communications Manager<br />
Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute<br />
laura.day@gatech.edu<br />
404-385-2958</p>
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