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Institute of Digital Engineering touts Mooresville as a defense manufacturing hub
Summary
David Jerome of the Institute of Digital Engineering told the Mooresville board the IDE is expanding research and internships to grow defense and aerospace manufacturing locally, citing a $2.6 million research commitment, an intern program expansion to 15 placements, and a pipeline of companies that could create hundreds of jobs.
David Jerome, director of the Institute of Digital Engineering (IDE), told the Mooresville Town Board on Feb. 11 that the nonprofit is building a local ecosystem for defense and aerospace manufacturing that could boost jobs and investment in the region.
“The United States is at 17%,” Jerome said, summarizing global manufacturing shares and warning of global competition, “China now produces 30% of the world's manufactured goods.” Jerome framed digital engineering and university–industry collaboration as essential to…
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