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The 412th Maintenance Group (MXG) at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) California selected the 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s Advanced Mobile Universal Electrical Tooling (AMUET) Team as the Annual Innovation Team Award Winner for 2020.

The Annual Innovation Team Award recognizes technologies ranked by the Selection Committee based on the positive impact a technology will have for the warfighter and national security.  The Selection Committee aims to elevate maintenance innovation to include not only new technology, hardware, and software but also unique partnerships, resourcing strategies, business practices, or processes that […]

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NAVAIR Industrial Optimization Plan Will Address Current Issues and Future Needs

The CTMA Program has been the perfect venue for launching the digital modeling and simulation initiatives for optimizing shipyard infrastructure. In addition to that ongoing effort, the NAVAIR Fleet Readiness Centers (FRCs), partnering with Siemens Government Technologies, are creating a digital model and simulation plan that will make an impact at the equipment and process […]

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Data Ontology Changes Maintenance Paradigm on a Global Scale

Within the DOD, each Service, code, shop, and department may be using different terms to refer to the same part or process. This lack of ontology alignment between the various maintenance environments causes bottlenecks, delays in maintenance activity, supply chain inefficiencies, and a lack of weapons systems readiness.   Within a machine learning (ML) and artificial […]

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Highlight Your Technology in the 2021 CTMA Magazine

The 2021 CTMA Magazine development is currently underway and NCMS is once again providing the opportunity for you to place an ad in the publication. With a wide readership from both government and industry maintenance and sustainment professionals, your company can gain visibility and connect with decision–makers. In 2020 we produced both a printed version […]

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NCMS Members Senvol and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Publish Report on Pedigree Additive Manufacturing Data

Technical report titled “Collection of High Pedigree AM Data for Data Analysis and Correlation.” Senvol and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have published a technical report titled “Collection of High Pedigree AM Data for Data Analysis and Correlation.” The findings of the report stem from a two-year cooperative research […]

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Universal Synaptics Portable Intermittent Fault Detector™ Achieves F-35 Joint Program Office Authority to Operate

Congratulations to NCMS members Universal Synaptics and Lockheed Martin on the announcement today that the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has approved and authorized the Portable Intermittent Fault Detector™ (PIFD™) for use by all F-35 JPO Program Management Offices and at all JPO-sponsored facilities. The PFID is the only approved Electrical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS) […]

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Digitizing Systems Sustainment for Presidential Helicopter through CTMA

As maintaining legacy equipment becomes more important and yet more challenging for the DOD, the CTMA Program is a popular go-to vehicle for solving the toughest maintenance and sustainment hurdles. But lessons learned with legacy equipment will also benefit new platforms to maintain high levels of mission-ready equipment. The fleet of 23 NAVAIR VH-92A helicopters, […]

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