CTMA Project Announcements

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance the state-of-the-art in analysis, facilities modernization, advanced immersive simulations, and communication tools and processes to demonstrate new training solutions that optimize individual and crew performance and training system facilities and simulator availability.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance the state of the art in engineering support and planning tools, models, and processes to optimize and demonstrate a fair share sustainment model that enables equitable allocation of sustainment responsibilities among multiple stakeholders engaged in shared maintenance and sustainment activities.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase initiative to demonstrate how applied Integrated Product Support (IPS) strategies, analytics, and agile support operations can provide effective management solutions for defense and commercial industries.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance the state-of-the-art in new environmentally compliant coating processes against existing SAE 2406 hard chrome plating and demonstrate improvements in performance. This effort will validate and demonstrate a unique non-chrome plating solution that is an environmentally compliant replacement for SAE 2406 hard chrome plating.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to evaluate winter tires in the 395/85R20 size to improve winter performance. The overall objective is to manufacture and qualify a winter/all-season tire with improved performance in extreme cold, ice, and snow.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to analyze materiel readiness of ground equipment for a specific unit through the lens of CBM+, modernizing maintenance activities, and ensuring accurate supply and maintenance data can be used in an advanced ERP system to provide a framework for modernizing maintenance operations.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to demonstrate modernized shipyard operations by creating a unified digital ecosystem that standardizes infrastructure, equipment and procedures across facilities. The overall goal is to improve fleet readiness by forecasting maintenance availabilities with greater accuracy, enhancing information flow within shipyards, and maximizing consistency in ship repair and sustainment.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to demonstrate a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) detection and collection system in a production environment. The solution deployed will include multiple technical advancements; to include autonomous electric vehicles, novel command and control, new collection payload and detection radar integrated with command and control.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to build out the digital twin methodology for moving a legacy system and its components into the digital world.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to develop and professionalize the maintenance and sustainment management pipeline within the DOD. The overall goal is to establish the Leadership Engagement, Acceleration and Development (LEAD) program as a Maintenance Center of Excellence at specific military installations.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an 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 Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to develop a repeatable, technology-enabled process for reproducing essential parts for legacy systems with incomplete, outdated, or missing technical documentation. The effort will use reverse engineering processes that integrate high-resolution 3D scanning, CAD reconstruction, engineering analysis, and validated manufacturing workflows to generate full Technical Data Packages (TDPs).

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance maintenance and sustainment practices by developing, testing, and demonstrating a predictive maintenance and sustainment framework designed to unify planning processes across platforms. The overall goal will be to create a standardized, data-driven framework by demonstrating a replicable sustainment model that improves forecasting, reduces sustainment costs, and enhances the operational readiness of aviation weapon systems.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to reduce the impacts of counterfeit parts and products on business operations and viability. The overall goal is to provide critical infrastructure that enhances prototype experiment and testing requirements focused on counterfeit detection activities.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to advance the engineering processes and tools needed to safely design, install, operate, and assess prototyping and advanced manufacturing equipment. The goal will be to accommodate the need for disposable or attritable systems in an existing research and development facility.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to provide research support and actionable recommendations to an Office of Industrial Base Policy, closing critical knowledge gaps and establishing a framework for effective future policy design and implementation.