The CTMA Connector January 2009 | National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

January 2009

Welcome to The CTMA Connector, a monthly newsletter designed to provide news and ideas about the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) program. The CTMA program is a joint Department of Defense/National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (DoD/NCMS) effort promoting collaborative technology development between industry and the DoD maintenance and repair facilities. This newsletter highlights ongoing projects, serves as a forum for promoting new project ideas, and provides other news of interest to the program. Our goal is to stimulate your participation and solicit your input. Feel free to submit items for the newsletter as well as any suggestions to make it more useful. More information about the program can be found at http://ctma.ncms.org/. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the CTMA Connector, send a message to listserv@listserv.ncms.org with “subscribe CTMANewsletter” or “unsubscribe CTMANewsletter” in the message body.

Register Now for the 2009 CTMA Symposium – “Motoring through Technology Transitioning”

Monday, 30 March – Thursday, 2 April

at the MGM Grand Detroit, Detroit, Michigan

Register: https://www.ncms.org/SSL/Symposium2009/registration.htm

Agenda: https://www.ncms.org/09CTMASymposium/agenda.htm

The focus for this year’s symposium will be technology transition, what are the hurdles and how projects can more quickly be put into practice at the DoD facilities. Featuring real experiences from both a DoD and Industry perspective, we will try to outline a how-to guide for attendees. Confirmed speakers include:

Major General Scott West, U.S. Army’s TACOM Life Cycle Management Command Chief
Mr. John Johns, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Maintenance Policy & Programs)
Mr. Richard Jarman, President & CEO, NCMS
Colonel Ron Alberto, Commanding Officer, Tobyhanna Army Depot
Captain Tim Matthews, Commanding Officer, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast
Dr. Raj Iyer, TACOM LCMC Data Czar Director, Product Data & Data Management

With the focus on technology transitioning, we will have panel and open discussions identifying issues hampering transitioning of new technologies, and a roadmapping session addressing approaches to reduce these hurdles. Individual project teams will also share their working experience with transitioning technology to the DoD. So plan to join us and participate in the Symposium.

We will also feature a winning team from the 2008 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. The goal of the program is to inspire young people to pursue careers in science and technology.

Invitation to Ribbon Cutting for CTMA project at the Sierra Army Depot

The CTMA project “Centralized Fleet Automated Management System”, (CFAMS) has recently completed a successful pilot at Sierra Army Depot (SIAD). On Wednesday, February 25, SIAD will host a Ribbon Cutting and Demonstration of CFAMS. The Ribbon Cutting is being held by the CTMA program in conjunction with the Army Materiel Command and is being hosted by LTC Lee H. Schiller, Jr., Commander, Sierra Army Depot. The Ribbon Cutting and Demonstration will be held from 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 25th .

CFAMS is a vehicle management system that is best practices of the commercial sector now being applied to DoD. In industrial/distribution center settings it is used in 32 Ford plants, every Target distribution center, widely-used by WalMart, and by Daimler Chrysler, Nissan, Alcoa, John Deere, Caterpillar, and is being implemented by Mercedes-Benz. It is used in over 110 major postal service locations. The implementation of CFAMS at Sierra has been a successful public/private partnership.

Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, California is located approximately an hours drive from Reno, Nevada. Below is the link to the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno where we have often stayed. NCMS has reserved a block of hotel rooms, which can be booked until Feb. 3 at $49 for a standard room per night, $80 for a Summit (tower) room per night (plus tax). The Group Name is Sierra Army Depot Ribbon Cutting.

http://www.grandsierraresort.com

We invite those interested to attend the Sierra Army Depot Ribbon Cutting and Demonstration . For further information, the NCMS contact is Debbie Lilu, debral@ncms.org, 734-995-7038.

Funding Available for Environmental Technology Demonstration and Validation

DoD’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), supports the demonstration and validation of environmental technologies that address priority DoD environmental requirements. The goal of ESTCP is to transition mature environmental science and technology projects through the demonstration and validation phase, thereby enabling promising technologies to receive regulatory and DoD end-user acceptance and to be fielded and commercialized more effectively and more rapidly.

ESTCP is seeking innovative environmental technology demonstrations as candidates for funding beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. This solicitation requests pre-proposals via Calls for Proposals to DoD organizations and Federal (Non-DoD) organizations, and via a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Private Sector organizations. Pre-proposals are due on March 5, 2009.

Detailed instructions for DoD, Non-DoD Federal, and BAA proposers are available on the ESTCP web site: http://www.estcp.org/opportunities. DoD organizations (Service and Defense Agencies) may submit pre-proposals for demonstrations of innovative environmental technologies in the following topic areas:

Environmental Restoration proposals in this topic area should address the reduction of the Departments current liabilities and prevention of future liabilities through the demonstration of technologies or tools for the cost-effective management and remediation of chemical contaminants in soil, sediments, and ground and surface water. Areas of interest include: characterization and monitoring, treatment, containment, optimization, exposure and bioavailability, and risk assessment.
Munitions Management proposals in this topic area should address the reduction of the Departments current liabilities under the Military Munitions Response Program due to unexploded ordnance (UXO) and discarded military munitions or the sustainability of the current testing and training ranges through active range clearance and reducing the generation of UXO. Areas of high priority include: detection and discrimination and underwater site characterization.
Sustainable Infrastructure proposals in this topic area should support the sustainability of training and testing areas, as well as the installation infrastructure that supports these areas and the infrastructure associated with deployed forces. Areas of interest include: natural resources (e.g., ecosystem-based management; land management and watershed protection; and maritime sustainability), facilities and energy (e.g., noise; facility waste; air and water quality; and energy), and cultural resources.
Weapons Systems and Platforms proposals in this area should address the current and future environmental liabilities associated with DoD weapons systems and platforms. This includes the design, construction, maintenance, repair, and operations of weapons systems and platforms. Areas of interest include: manufacturing and maintenance (e.g., alternative materials; alternative processes; and monitoring and control of emissions), green energetics (e.g., green materials; alternative manufacturing processes; and monitoring and control of emissions), emissions (e.g., diesel and turbine engines; weapons and munitions; and ships), and greenhouse gases (e.g., weapons systems operations).

The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) and Non-DoD Federal Call for Proposals (CFP) are seeking pre-proposals for environmental technologies in the following topic areas only:

Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater
In Situ Management of Contaminated Sediments
Characterization, Control, and Treatment of Range Contamination
Military Munitions Detection, Discrimination, and Remediation
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for DoD Installations

We appreciate your feedback. Please contact Chuck Ryan with suggestions or input on other topics that would be of interest to you in this newsletter. The CTMA Program is sponsored by the Department of Defense; the content of this newsletter does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the government; no official endorsement should be inferred.