Advancing Workforce Talent: PMPA Joins Forces with Navy Talent Pipeline Program
(BRECKSVILLE, OH) – The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) is expanding its collaboration with the U.S. Navy’s Talent Pipeline Program (TPP) to support talent acquisition, training, and retention across the Navy’s defense industrial base (DIB).
As highlighted in recent industry reports, critical components of the U.S. manufacturing base —particularly skilled trade positions — have seen a steep decline in recent decades. The TPP is helping to reverse this trend by equipping small and medium-sized manufacturers with tools, training, and support to enhance how they recruit, develop, and retain high-performing team members essential to sustaining U.S. manufacturing.
Building on a successful collaboration in PMPA’s Eastern New England, Connecticut and Southern California Chapters, PMPA and the TPP are working together to expand the program’s reach nationwide through PMPA’s membership network. PMPA’s Chapters will play a key role in helping member companies benefit from this initiative.
“This collaboration aligns perfectly with PMPA’s mission to advance and sustain the precision machining industry,” said PMPA Executive Director Emily Riley. “By connecting our members with the Navy’s Talent Pipeline Program, we’re providing a powerful resource to help companies strengthen their workforce and support national security goals through manufacturing excellence.”
Joe Barto, program leader of the U.S. Navy Talent Pipeline Program, welcomed PMPA’s involvement, stating: “Partnerships with national facilitators like PMPA are vital to the Talent Pipeline Program’s national rollout. Their support validates the Navy’s investment in small and medium-sized manufacturers—the backbone of American industry and the majority of PMPA’s membership. By joining the movement alongside more than 450 employers, PMPA is helping ensure companies have the talent they need to build high-performing teams.”
The Talent Pipeline Program directly addresses the U.S. Navy’s growing manufacturing production requirements by ensuring a steady pipeline of skilled talent to deliver and sustain Columbia and Virginia-class submarines, aircraft carriers, surface combatants, and vessels currently in service. This expanded initiative will reinforce U.S. naval capabilities and fortify national security in an increasingly complex global environment.