Sources Sought: Expeditionary Depot Capability

NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy is seeking technology that will improve expeditionary depot capabilities. Current depot repairs and overhauls are predominantly performed at fixed locations given specialized tooling, facilities, and staff. The ability to position-forward a depot capability will extend fielding at any location with fabrication, repair/overhaul, and extensive reach-back communications ability will allow […]

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Sources Sought: Robotic Material Handling

NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy to locate technology that will assist with locating the material, equipment, and other critical assets. Material tracking and movement consume vast labor efforts. In addition, the lost materials, tooling and equipment detract from readiness efforts. Examples of desired outcomes: Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) effort in place for asset visibility […]

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Sources Sought: Global Parts Tracking System

NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy to locate industry solutions that increase efficiencies in the repair parts supply chain. Locating and delivering repair parts currently consumes hundreds of man-years of effort impacting combat platform maintenance. Existing industry solutions are available to address this gap but have not been implemented to affect sustainment. Desired deliverables are: […]

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Sources Sought: Cold Spray Next Steps

NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy in locating cold spray technology appropriate to the unique needs of naval repair situations. Cold spray methods although affecting some dimensional repairs do not currently provide for protective coatings, structural metallic repairs, or for robust portable applications in various settings (e.g., aboard ships or inside ground vehicles’ compartment). Additional […]

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Sources Sought: Autonomous Facility Health Monitoring and Prioritization

NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy in locating technology that can monitor facility and critical equipment health. Undocumented/unknown facility deficiencies jeopardize worker safety and throughput opportunities. This technology should be able to readily assess natural disasters and other emergencies returning depots back to a fully mission capable status. Integrated facility health monitoring efforts must be […]

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Sources Sought: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Generated Work Instructions

NCMS is assisting the U.S. Navy is seeking technology that will assist in using AI to capture work instructions. Low-frequency repairs require extensive engineering and have not efficiently leveraged previous evolutions. Supervised machine learning must be harnessed to enable AI-generated work instructions to reduce engineering costs. Methodology will also counter workforce turnover concerns. Examples of […]

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Sources Sought: SMEs for Development of Smart Glasses for Maintenance Purposes

NCMS is assisting the U.S. Marine Corps, NAVAIR, and NAVSEA in identifying subject matter experts (SMEs) for advice regarding a new initiative aimed at developing an optical head-mounted display with hands-free, voice-activated technology for storing and displaying technical manuals and recording maintenance activities with a built-in camera. Additionally, the team plans on creating a scalable […]

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