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NC State To Spearhead 10-Year, $480 Million Effort To Bolster Defense Textile Manufacturing

Raleigh, N.C.-based NC State University will lead FutureTEX, a 10-year Department of War initiative to modernize U.S. The award includes $36 million in its first year and has a $480 million ceiling over a decade.

NC State To Spearhead 10-Year, $480 Million Effort To Bolster Defense Textile Manufacturing

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Raleigh, N.C.-based NC State University will lead FutureTEX, a 10-year Department of War initiative to modernize U.S.

The award includes $36 million in its first year and has a $480 million ceiling over a decade.

FutureTEX will unite industry, government, university and nonprofit partners to advance textile manufacturing […]

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Raleigh, N.C.-based NC State University will lead FutureTEX, a 10-year Department of War initiative to modernize U.S. The award includes $36 million in its first year and has a $480 million ceiling over a decade. FutureTEX will unite industry, government, university and nonprofit partners to advance textile manufacturing […]

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textile manufacturing for defense and domestic applications.

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