The 2020 NCMS Technology Showcase at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, June 10, 2020, is a rare opportunity to introduce innovative technology to key decision–makers and end-users. This event, held on base, offers showcase participants a unique venue where maintainers, program managers, engineers, and other production and base leadership will converge in one place, creating the […]
Read More »Additive manufacturing is sweeping through the DOD and disrupting how maintenance and sustainment is accomplished. This model workshop is a follow-up to the Business Model Workshop held in 2019. The purpose is to address five foundational aspects of additive manufacturing necessary for DOD’s wide adoption of the game-changing capability. Attendees will be divided into teams consisting […]
Read More »NCMS Board Member Thomas R. Kurfess elected to The National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature” […]
Read More »December 10, 2019, Spokane, WA—Congratulations to the Oklahoma Air Logistics Complex (OC-ALC), the Air Force Sustainment Center, Air Force Lifecycle Management, and Air Force Research Laboratory for taking the Maintenance Innovation Challenge (MIC) Technology Award at the 2019 DOD Maintenance Symposium. Their submission, Fully Organic Repair of Air Force Assets Via Cold Spray impressed the […]
Read More »NCMS Board Member Thomas R. Kurfess elected to The National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature” […]
Read More »Nahsai, an Ann Arbor-based advanced materials start-up focused on aerospace and defense applications, has patented materials and processes to tailor the electrical properties of specific ceramic materials able to withstand exceptionally harsh environments. To enable the production of more complex structures and devices Nahsai seeks a ceramic additive manufacturing partner specifically capable of producing multi-material […]
Read More »The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) hosted a Technology Showcase at the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, January 24-25, 2020. The event introduced new and innovative technologies, products, and processes that could assist the maintenance and sustainment communities with filling unmet needs. Through the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Program, NCMS […]
Read More »It was a banner year for the CTMA Program experiencing 214% growth in revenue and a 50% growth in the number of funded projects. NCMS partnered with many new government and industry partners on CTMA initiatives as word spread of the high-value impacts to the defense industrial base. Looking at the nature of the initiatives […]
Read More »NCMS is pleased to announce that the following companies will be participants at the Technology Showcase at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility: 3D Systems, Inc. American Ceramic Technology, Inc. Atlas Copco Tools & Assembly Bechtel National BIONICLIFT Cisco Systems DIT-MCO International Eclypse International Faro Technologies GE Research GovSmart Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence […]
Read More »The 2020 NCMS Technology Showcase at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard is a rare opportunity to introduce innovative technology to key decision-makers and end users. This two-day event, held on base, offers showcase participants a unique venue where program managers, engineers, and other production and base leadership will converge in one place, creating the ideal networking […]
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