CTMA Project Announcements

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to research, acquire, and validate an EFCO TDI CNC Boring and Facing Machine as a modern, multi-functional replacement for aging legacy machining equipment used in submarine hatch maintenance, seeking to transition the capability from concept to practical shipyard use.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to demonstrate onshore semiconductor manufacturing technology, government funded microelectronics (IP, chips, die, or modules), and a secure storefront model providing modular, scalable open access to integrated circuits and microelectronics. The overall goal is to ensure microelectronics for critical systems can continue to be sustained and maintained by replacing legacy technologies with state-of-the-art (SOTA) technologies.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to develop methods to rapidly and accurately characterize how new materials or manufacturing methods will perform outdoors anywhere in the world. The overall goal is to enable the proactive planning of corrosion mitigation practices and quickly characterize the improvement in corrosion performance through the introduction of AM materials.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to develop the processes, analytical tools, and strategic framework necessary to support a long-term, cross-service maintenance and sustainment strategy for commercial derivative propulsion systems. The overall goal is to identify and quantify opportunities to optimize maintenance, supply chain, and contracting strategies, and enable joint demand aggregation and contracting approaches that improve purchasing power and strengthen supplier stability.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to demonstrate how organizations can engineer, stabilize, and prepare critical water sources and facilities for state-of-the-art automated water purification and monitoring.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to demonstrate a manufacturing system for unmanned aerial systems (UASs) that utilizes advanced computational design and digital manufacturing technologies capable of rapidly converting mission requirements into production-ready technical data packages.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to establish an integrated support package for the F-35 enterprise, enabling the synchronization of readiness integration, aircrew flight equipment (AFE) sustainment, and sustainment execution. The overall goal is to establish methodologies that improve fleet management, predictive sustainment, and aircraft availability.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on a multi-phase CTMA initiative to fully integrate the B-1 Lancer into a digital engineering environment. This initiative will use the B-1 to provide a methodology that exemplifies how to build detailed digital twins for legacy vehicles where significant technical data is missing.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to develop and validate a standardized, scalable framework to accelerate the generation of engineering change proposals (ECPs) for AM components on legacy aircraft.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to digitally transform depot maintenance operations using an AI-powered software solution to achieve enhanced operational efficiency, optimized cost management, and improved readiness. The overall goal is to streamline workflows, reduce manual intervention, and eliminate process bottlenecks through intelligent automation and AI-powered decision-making.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to enhance aviation training systems and equipment by delivering resilient, maintainable, and mission-aligned ecosystems specifically designed for coastal environments and sustainment-focused operations.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to demonstrate the systematic build out of manufacturing capability and capacity of a specific applied materials processing facility. The overall goal is to demonstrate a fully operational facility capable of executing repeatable, Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) workflows that integrate seamlessly into domestic production lines.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to establish and expand a collaborative innovation ecosystem that accelerates the identification, maturation, demonstration, and transition of dual-use technologies capable of addressing maintenance, sustainment, manufacturing, logistics, and readiness challenges faced by both commercial industry and the DoW.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to expand and strengthen the future manufacturing workforce pipeline supporting both American industry and DOW sustainment operations through scalable marine robotics and manufacturing career pathway programs.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to establish new methods for identifying the survivability of electronics systems in various Earth orbits, which expose these components to space energetic particle radiation.

The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on a multi-phase CTMA initiative to develop a framework for an expedited AM source approval process for commercial vendors to reduce the overall cost, lead time and failure rates of the product acceptance process.