The Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) recently hosted an Industry Day in partnership with the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), bringing together leading innovators to help solve one of the program’s most pressing challenges: workforce planning.

By developing materials and processes that harness biology, A-RAM opened the door to significant Air Force cost savings and operational agility—allowing warfighters to adapt quickly to diverse and austere missions.

WBI is strategizing new ways to scale programming that will reach across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Michigan to infuse the Midwest region with a stable, prepared pipeline of talent and technology.

With a curriculum rooted in real-world challenges and soft-skill development, Summer of Innovation (SoI) is preparing the next generation to lead in defense, industry, and academia.