November 2011
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:
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Announcing the 2012 $100,000 OSD/NCMS Maintenance Challenge
As part of the 2012 CTMA Symposium, 25-29 March at the Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (San Diego), we will be inviting selected ideas to be presented in front of the DoD Senior Sustainment Leadership during a plenary session for a chance to be selected for a $100,000 project award within the CTMA program. Open to all NCMS member companies, this is your chance to explain your project ideas to top levels within DoD and to walk away with a funded effort. This is a unique opportunity that is not available at any other conference or symposium. Stayed tuned for further details as to how to submit your ideas. For companies who are not current NCMS members, you can find out more information about membership at http://www.ncms.org/index.php/about-ncms/become-a-member/. Any level of NCMS membership is eligible to participate in this Challenge.
Plan to visit the NCMS/CTMA Booth at the Defense Maintenance Symposium, Fort Worth, November 14-17.
Four projects are being featured at this years booth:
Imaginestics – IUID for Legacy Parts
Ecylpse International – Enhanced Wiring Integrity Systems
ID Systems – Centralized Fleet Automated Management Systems
Advanced Tooling Corporation – No Mask Tooling for Plating Baths
Black & Rossi; Topline Technology Solutions – Enabling Logistical Interoperability
While you are at the Maintenance Symposium, come vote for one of the three CTMA projects entered into Great Ideas Competition including:
- Automated Process and Inspection Guide
- Modernization of Metal Electroplating with No-Mask Conforming Anodes
- Composite Structure Inspection and Repair Preparation Cell (IRPC)
CTMA Project Opportunities: Ground Combat Vehicle Test Program
NCMS is forming a new project that will target the development of a complete performance testing system for ground combat vehicles. The project scope will include development of a test stand that will test performance parameters plus an environmental enclosure for performing tests over the full specified environment. Work scope may include evaluating and moving existing components. Those interested should contact:
The NCMS contact is Tony Haynes, tonyh@ncms.org, (734) 995-4930.
Funding Available for Environmental Research and Development
DoD’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to fund environmental research and development in the Weapons Systems and Platforms program area. The Weapons Systems and Platforms program area supports the development of innovative technologies that reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous materials in production and maintenance processes, reduce hazardous waste streams, and better understand and mitigate emissions and other environmental impacts that result from DoD operations. SERDP is requesting proposals that respond to the following four focused Statements of Need (SON) in Weapons Systems and Platforms:
- Non-Isocyanate Polymers for Military Topcoats
- Ionic Liquids Technology
- Environmentally Advantaged Submunitions
- Application of Synthetic Biological Techniques for Energetic Materials
Proposals responding to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 SONs will be selected through a competitive process.
New this year, Federal organizations will submit pre-proposals online directly to SERDP. Pre-proposals from the Federal and non-Federal sectors are due by Thursday, January 5, 2012. The SONs and detailed instructions are available on the SERDP web site at www.serdp-estcp.org/Funding-Opportunities/SERDP-Solicitations.
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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