Ann Arbor, MI, May 9, 2024—The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is pleased to announce the winners the 2024 Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Technology Competition, a highly selective annual contest that identifies the most innovative maintenance and sustainment technologies. This year’s Overall Award winner is Boston Engineering Corporation’s Family of Sustainment Assisting […]
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Read More »As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply chains across vital sectors including manufacturing, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) launched an initiative to facilitate the production and distribution of critical supplies in the event of future pandemics. The collaboration brought
together two industry partners, Presage Technologies and SIMBA Chain, along with supply chain and logistics leaders from the DOD.
NCMS is pleased to announce the three finalists for the 2024 CTMA Technology Competition, which highlights innovations in maintenance and sustainment technologies. One-hundred high-quality entries were received. Each submission was carefully reviewed by the principals of the Joint Technology Exchange Group (JTEG), a collaborative group formed by the DOD to improve coordination in the introduction […]
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Read More »NCMS is pleased to announce a funding opportunity in support of the Airfield Autonomy Initiative (AAI)-Next. This initiative represents a partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Aerospace Research & Technology Park (NARTP), US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and the Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC). AAI-Next is focused on expanding the use of […]
Read More »NCMS and the CTMA Program seek to support the National Defense Strategy by shining a spotlight on transformative maintenance and sustainment capabilities. The CTMA Technology Competition provides an opportunity for both commercial and government teams to showcase new and innovative ways of making maintenance and sustainment operations more agile, effective, efficient, and affordable. The review […]
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Read More »February 12, 2024 NCMS is assisting the Department of Defense in seeking industry partners who have the capability to provide the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) with a way to track (in near real-time) Customer Direct contracts, providing delivery of materiel from a supplier without passing through a government distribution point to evaluate required Time Definite […]
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