Global Combat Support System Integrates Critical Areas under One System
In 2010, the U.S. Marine Corps toggled logistics, maintenance, and supply together under one umbrella – the Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps (GCSS-MC) – combining supply and maintenance...
View ArticleU.S. Army taking readiness to MARRS
The U.S. Army maintains countless records of operational information and tasks associated with individual and unit readiness data. Being able to integrate this information in real-time and leverage...
View ArticleNEW DATE – Funding Deadline for New CTMA Projects is August 10
Important deadline: The window for receiving FY19 funding via the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA)’s Cooperative Agreement is closing soon. Funding must be received in-house...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Alternatives for More Effective Degreasing and Parts...
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to advance the state of new technologies and processes using vapor ultrasonic degreasers to determine if they provide a greater throughput and...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Innovative Carbon Fiber and Graphite Foam Solutions
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to demonstrate lightweight components that can reduce weight, improve efficiencies and reduce maintenance and sustainment costs. By using...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Thermoplastic Forming of Lightweight Vehicle Structures...
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia on a multi-phased initiative to demonstrate the numerous benefits of lightweight thermoplastic composite materials to both the manufacturing,...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Redesign of Engine Production Lines to Sustain...
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to pilot and demonstrate a common process and set of tools to effectively and efficiently restart a previously deactivated new AGT1500 engine...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Highly Electrified Vehicle System Development Using...
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to advance the state of additive manufacturing and 3D printing to improve reliability, reduce space claim and lifecycle maintenance costs of...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Demonstration of Advanced Coatings for Sustainability
The U.S. Navy is partnering with industry and academia to validate advanced coating technologies developed specifically to mitigate the impacts of sand/dust and saltwater on specific aircraft engines....
View ArticleProject Announcement: Develop and Demonstrate Training Methods for Additive...
The U.S. Marine Corps is partnering with industry and academia to determine the best methodologies for training Marines to use new logistics operations, maintenance, and sustainment technologies. The...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Track Pad Maintenance and Sustainment Improvements –...
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia on a multi-phased initiative to support and investigate the development and certification of new rubber compounds for the track pads of various...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Advancing Additive Repair Technologies and Cold Spray...
The U.S. Navy is partnering with industry and academia on a multi-phased initiative to speed the development of advanced additive technologies, such as cold spray, that enable the strategic goals of...
View ArticleProject Announcement: Improving Medical Equipment Maintenance and Sustainment...
The U.S. Army is partnering with industry and academia to evaluate an integrated training simulator that provides emergency responders and DOD medics with a training device that teaches the operators...
View ArticleSources Sought: Electrical Propulsion and High Electrical Storage for Ground...
NCMS is assisting the U.S. Army in seeking an industry partner(s) that have concepts and/or technologies to design and develop electrical propulsion and high electrical storage engines for future Army...
View ArticleSources Sought: Advanced Survivability and Force Protection Subsystems for...
NCMS is assisting the U.S. Army in seeking an industry partner(s) that have concepts and/or technologies to design and develop advanced survivability and force protection subsystems for future Army...
View ArticleSources Sought: Wireless Ethernet Backbone for Ground Combat Vehicles
NCMS is assisting the U.S. Army in seeking an industry partner(s) that have concepts and/or technologies to design and develop wireless Ethernet backbone for future Army Ground Combat Vehicles....
View ArticleDAU: Collaboration With the Commercial Industrial Base
The 2018 National Defense Strategy identified rebuilding military readiness as we craft a more lethal Joint Force as one of three distinct lines of effort for implementation. Tackling such a daunting...
View ArticleJROBOT Summit III: Leveraging Robotic Capabilities to Enhance Warfighter...
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences was proud to have been an integral part of the Joint Robotics Organization for Building Organic Technologies (JROBOT) Summit III that took place via a...
View ArticleThe Maintenance Innovation Challenge Goes Virtual – Submit Now!
Announcing two firsts – The Maintenance Innovation Challenge goes virtual and $50K is on the line for the winner. The call for innovations is now open – don’t be left out – take action today. The...
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