Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series exploring the modernization of defense manufacturing. Please also read the first: “The Additive Manufacturing Mirage in Defense.”If the role of additive is shifting away from the savior of manufacturing, then what will replace it as the true reindustrialization of manufacturing?  There is an emerging consensus of an “agile factory”, which is theorized as a production ecosystem that mixes multiple manufacturing processes, old and new, orchestrated with advanced software and automation. Instead of betting on one technique to solve every problem, agile factories leverage each process for what it does best andThe post Hybrid Manufacturing: The Case for Agile Factories appeared first on War on the Rocks.