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| November 2010
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. We welcome the following companies into NCMS: Southwest Research Institute (www.swri.org) Independent, non-profit, applied research and development organization dedicated to technology development and transfer for a wide variety of engineering and scientific disciplines. Save the Date: 2011 CTMA Symposium April 4-6 Quantico, VA The Symposium will focus on the rapid response to the needs of the warfighter and will include DoD experts on warfighter needs, depot commanders outlining their current needs, project showcases/presentations, as well as highlighting other DoD-sponsored programs. An early draft agenda can be found at http://www.ncms.org/2011CTMA/agenda.htm. Registration will begin soon. Funding Available for Environmental Research and Development The DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to fund environmental research and development in the Weapons Systems and Platforms program area. SERDP invests across the broad spectrum of basic and applied research, as well as advanced development. The development and application of innovative environmental technologies will reduce the costs, environmental risks, and time required to resolve environmental problems while, at the same time, enhancing and sustaining military readiness. The Weapons Systems and Platforms program area supports the development of innovative technologies that reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous materials in its production and maintenance processes, reduce hazardous waste streams, and better understand and mitigate emissions and other environmental impacts that result from its operations. SERDP is requesting proposals that respond to the following four focused Statements of Need (SON) in Weapons Systems and Platforms:
Proposals responding to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 SONs will be selected through a competitive process. Pre-proposals from the non-federal sector are due by Thursday, January 6, 2011. Proposals from the federal sector are due by Thursday, March 10, 2011. The SONs and detailed instructions for federal and private sector proposers are available on the SERDP web site at www.serdp-estcp.org/Funding-Opportunities/SERDP-Solicitations. If you are at the DoD Maintenance Symposium and Exhibition in Tampa this week, come visit us at booth #327. Non-CTMA project opportunities: NCMS is currently defining projects in the following areas:
If there is an interest from corporations or military facilities, or if you want further information, contact Chuck Ryan, chuckr@ncms.org, (734)995-4905. 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. |
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