What is Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing?
Navy-funded fast-track program at IALR in Danville, VA. Sixteen weeks of hands-on defense manufacturing skills.

16 weeks · shop-ready
ATDM is designed to…
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
ATDM graduate starts on our second shift. Treat week one like onboarding, not sink or swim.
In the illustration
The wheel clicks through 16 notches as the sled stops briefly at each hands-on bench; on notch 16 it reaches the yard gate and the gate lifts.
Map the sixteen weeks of accelerated training in defense manufacturing in your shop-floor software against our open machinist roles, and note which week graduates can start on our floor.
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01Practice
Make it stick
One term a day, a short quiz, and sentence practice that checks your own words.
02Verify
Prove you know it
Pass the quiz and keep it in a Skills Wallet you can share with anyone who needs proof.
03Career
Find the work that uses it
See which roles lean on this vocabulary, and what they pay in year one.





