NCMS recently held an exclusive technology event at the Barstow Marine Corp Logistics Base. A dozen NCMS member companies displayed project technology throughout the base for maintenance personnel. Maintenance Center Commander Colonel Dale Johnson III was pleased with the technology innovations highlighted during the event.
Project technologies on display included:
- Electrical Wire Integrity System (EWIS), a wiring technology quickly detects and locates wiring defects on a variety of cable and wire types. EWIS has been recognized with Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award, which honors outstanding team performance to promote systematic process improvement and helps publicize best practices throughout the Air Force and the 2006 Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award which recognizes outstanding cooperative efforts on technology development between government, industry and academia.
- Kinetic Spray Metal Deposition a process which helps prevent corrosion and repair vehicle components. This project won a 2007 Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award.
- Centralized Fleet Automated Management System (CFAMS) which reduces industrial vehicle maintenance costs, improving fleet mission readiness, increasing material handling productivity and the consequential velocity of critical warfighter supplies, and improving worker safety.
- Handheld Fluid Analyzer a portable, hand-held analytical tools which provides a lab-quality assessment suitable for real-time in-field use, to help implement condition based maintenance on a wide variety of vehicles.
In addition to Barstow maintainers, Department of Defense personnel from the Albany Marine Corp Logistics Base (MCLB), The Tobyhanna Army Depot, The Defense Contract Management Analysis (DMCA) Industrial Analysis Center, and Office of the Secretary of Defense participated.
