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U.S. Navy to open training center in Danville

The Navy on Wednesday launched an additive manufacturing “center of excellence” to train students in defense manufacturing at Danville’s Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, as well as announcing a larger training facility to be built nearby.

Danville training program celebrates third cohort in shipbuilding skilled trades

As a manufacturing hub, Danville offers a training model that more recently includes a federal pilot project attracting participants on a national scale to defense industrial base trades.

Third cohort graduates from Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing

As a high-performance manufacturing hub, Danville offers an innovative training model that more recently includes a federal pilot project attracting participants on a national scale to defense industrial base trades.

Obtain a great-paying job without a college degree

A college degree is not required to enter the workforce through a new training program developed for veterans, transitioning military, industry and other individuals seeking great-paying jobs in the defense industry, specifically within the naval shipbuilding and sustainment sectors.

Man wearing a mask and using a CNC machine

Machining and the Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM)

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) is always looking for ways to improve its manufacturing processes while educating the workforce and becoming more proficient in repairing and modernizing our Navy’s warships and training platforms.

Institute for Advanced Learning and Research awarded $1.78M contract for innovative skilled worker training program for Defense Industrial Base

The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Rock Island (ACC-RI) has awarded a $1.78 million contract to the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) and Danville Community College (DCC) for a pilot project to develop a prototype training program, Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM).

ATDM Recognized as Defense Workforce Catalyst by Pennsylvania Talent Pipeline Project

Program receives CTE plaque of recognition at May 25 ceremony

Danville, Va. (June 29, 2022) – ATDM (Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing) has been awarded a plaque of recognition as a Career and Technical Education Partner with the Pennsylvania Talent Pipeline Project, an initiative of the Mid-Atlantic Submarine Talent (MAST) Program which focuses on engaging defense industry employers on developing the workforce with critical trade skills through CTE partnerships.