Sources Sought: U.S. Army Seeks Mobile Vehicle Heater Options
NCMS is assisting the U.S. Army in locating industry that can offer options for heating mobile vehicle cabins for cold weather applications. The heating concepts can include fuel-fired air heaters,...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Optimization of Aerospace Complex Assemblies
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to demonstrate innovative avionics maintenance and sustainment solutions that utilize the latest technology to help improve capability, safety,...
View ArticleCTMA Technology Competition Award Winner to Demonstrate at Norfolk
When Atmospheric Plasma Solutions won the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities Program (CTMA) Technology Competition at the 2019 CTMA Partners Meeting in May, they won more than a nice...
View ArticleNCMS to Host First Ever Technology Showcase at the Army Research Laboratory
Save the Date for the NCMS Members Meeting & Technology Showcase hosted by the CCDC Army Research Laboratory (CCDC-ARL) at the Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Aberdeen, Maryland, September 19, 2019....
View ArticleSave the Date for the 2019 DoD Maintenance Symposium
Plan now for the Department of Defense (DoD) Maintenance Symposium, December 9-12, 2019 held in Spokane, Washington. With the theme of Ready Systems @ the Speed of Relevance, this event brings over...
View ArticleNCMS Technology Showcase: Puget Sound Sold Out!
The Technology Showcase at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has proven to be so popular that it officially sold out weeks ahead of the deadline. The word is...
View ArticleFunding Deadline for New CTMA Projects is August 9
Important deadline!: The window for project funding through Commercial Technology for Maintenance Activities (CTMA)’s Cooperative Agreement is closing very soon. Funding MIPR paperwork must be received...
View ArticleMaintenance Innovation Challenge Shapes Future of Maintenance and Sustainment
The Maintenance Innovation Challenge (MIC) is now open for submissions! As part of the DoD Maintenance Symposium, the MIC is an important venue to present innovative technologies in front of a large...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Lightweighting Material Solutions for Maintenance &...
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to develop lightweight components that can be commercialized by leveraging recent breakthroughs in the production of low-cost raw material for...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Thermoplastic Forming of Lightweight Vehicle Structures
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to demonstrate the benefits of forming thick thermoplastic composite vehicle structures using a low-cost manufacturing process. This project will...
View ArticleSources Sought: Transition from Cadmium/Hexavalent Chromium-Finished to...
NCMS is assisting the U.S. Army in identifying a commercial entity to manage the Army’s transition from legacy fasteners and small hardware finished with cadmium/hexavalent chromium (Cd/Cr[VI]) to...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Automated Test Equipment for Vehicle Maintenance Programs
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to develop a new testing procedure and the hardware and software for testing redesigned Line Replaceable Units/Shop Replaceable Units resulting in...
View ArticleSources Sought: SMEs for Development of Smart Glasses for Maintenance Purposes
NCMS is assisting the U.S. Marine Corps, NAVAIR, and NAVSEA in identifying subject matter experts (SMEs) for advice regarding a new initiative aimed at developing an optical head-mounted display with...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Functional Coatings for Vehicle Autonomy
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia on a multi-phase project developing easy-to-clean coatings for small robotic systems to shed mud and dirt and maintain operations. Specifically,...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Total Army Operation Mobilization – Replacements...
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia on a second phase of a project that is exploring ways to upgrade and optimize digital platforms to better monitor resource utilization and...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Turbine Compressor Blade Evaluation
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase project that investigates the operating conditions, vibration characteristics, and component life of AGT 1500 compressor blades...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Wireless Communications for Improved Operations and...
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to continue evaluating the capabilities, life cycle costs, integration burdens, security and maintenance implications of the down-selected seven...
View ArticleSources Sought: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Generated Work Instructions
NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy is seeking technology that will assist in using AI to capture work instructions. Low-frequency repairs require extensive engineering and have not efficiently leveraged...
View ArticleSources Sought: Autonomous Facility Health Monitoring and Prioritization
NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy in locating technology that can monitor facility and critical equipment health. Undocumented/unknown facility deficiencies jeopardize worker safety and throughput...
View ArticleSources Sought: Cold Spray Next Steps
NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy in locating cold spray technology appropriate to the unique needs of naval repair situations. Cold spray methods although affecting some dimensional repairs do not...
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