CTMA Project Announcements

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to introduce a new alternative strategy of developing high quality and long-lasting friction stir tools for joining high temperature materials. The overall goal will be to improve the performance, reduce the cost, and increase the service life of friction stir welding (FSW) tools.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance the state-of-the-art in analysis, systems engineering and integration tools and processes to develop, integrate, and test new immersive simulation solutions that will improve reliability, performance, and training quality for simulation training systems.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to demonstrate how data-driven decisions resulting from the application of a reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) approach can reduce unnecessary maintenance and costs during equipment refurbishment.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to demonstrate the benefits of scenario-based training through the development of a curriculum covering the functional level product support management and integration (PSM/I) tasks performed by a pre-selected logistics workforce.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to deploy an airfield foreign object debris (FOB) detection and collection system known as the Surgical+Systematic “SuSy” solution.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to adapt modern commercial best-in-class controllers to various systems on equipment to assess the benefits of replacing aging/last-generation controllers with today’s more universal technology. This initiative will develop control systems that are ruggedized, able to withstand harsh conditions as well as able to withstand near continuous use.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to conduct a pilot program to develop a process necessary to modify a commercial-off-the-shelf advanced braking and suspension system that has proven effective on newer commercial vehicles. The project team will be expected to develop, pilot, refine, document, and demonstrate the processes to address how best to efficiently retrofit several vehicle variants at the depot level.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to establish a performance management system that can quickly and accurately summarize shipyard and supplier performance and provide actionable information to address issues to optimize schedule performance.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to create and demonstrate a novel dynamic rate model that can quickly and effectively analyze the cost implications of a DOD sustainment center’s organizational structure while being able to run ‘what-if’ scenarios to understand impacts of maintenance and sustainment capabilities/groups that are transferred, kept in place, or co-mingled.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to improve supply chain management for aviation logistics and maintenance organizations through the use of advanced data analytics that employ AI/ML in an integrated data environment. The overall goal will be to assess and synthesize the predictive performance of advanced mathematical algorithms designed to aid supply chain management for sustainment of a specific model of aircraft.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to deliver qualifications for the binder jet additive manufacturing (BJAM) process, machine installation, and material recipes. The BJAM process for metal will be reviewed and compared to current capabilities within a specific facility to determine if it meets or exceeds the current ability of manufacturing aluminum components.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance from pre-implementation level to a Tier 1 level the ability to fabricate large plate steel to support specific applications of this material. The industry partner will validate the capability to produce a FeNiCo steel product with exceptional ballistic and blast performance that meet pre-defined specifications.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to leverage commercial modeling and simulation technologies and design processes to improve the reliability and safety of vehicle fuel-fired heating (FFH) systems. Key objectives of this initiative include: Design improved replacement that will increase component reliability and reduce maintenance costs.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to review, analyze, and make recommendations for improving the efficiency of maintenance and sustainment ordering patterns for optimal readiness. The overall objective is to establish data centricity and conduct a variety of material analyses focused on ordering patterns to support strategic stocking efforts for one widely used asset.