CTMA Project Announcements

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to demonstrate viable feedstock candidates for additive manufacturing by taking a holistic approach towards the research of feedstock, advanced materials and processes, automation and controls, post-processing, non-destructive testing (NDT).

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to develop a pilot guided mentoring program to resolve Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS), whereby students are able to learn advanced skills and have access to the tools needed to design and fabricate low-volume material shortage or obsolesces parts, and the DOD is able to receive parts no longer readily available from original equipment manufacturers to keep their equipment active and in working order.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to modernize manufacturing and repair capabilities with integration of digital tools and Industry 4.0 solutions for post processing of large components. The overall goal is to develop a digital platform for coupling data streams from scanning, modeling, machine process information, and post-build information for advanced manufacturing.

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 a multiphase CTMA initiative to speed the development of advanced additive technologies—namely, cold spray coating deposition technology—to enable the strategic goals of timely, affordable repair and restoration of critical assets.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to demonstrate the potential benefits of nucleated foam for aircraft engine cleaning.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance the state-of-the-art in mineral extraction technologies and processes in domestic mining sites known to contain five critical minerals. The project would serve as proof-of-concept for scalable, cost-effective critical mineral recovery processes that integrate advanced extraction technologies and hydro-metallurgical processes.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance the state of the art in advanced ruggedized sensors and computational analysis tools to diagnose material, component, and system failures operating in extreme environments.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to integrate advanced security features into Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) electronic components.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to advance the state-of-the-art in powertrain component diagnosis, repair procedures, and replacement techniques and timelines to improve equipment readiness and optimize lifecycle costs. Key focus areas will include methods to quickly diagnose, collect and analyze failure data and determine the most cost effective and time sensitive repair or replacement options to get the equipment back to operational status.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to assess the ship repair acquisition strategy, the industrial base and potential strategic acquisition initiatives to incentivize the industrial base to satisfy current and future capabilities.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to advance the state of the art in the advanced manufacturing and supply chain technologies and processes to demonstrate how reliability methods can help produce better products on schedule, within reduced costs, and require less maintenance.

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on an initiative to develop and integrate an on-vehicle in situ testing capability of ground vehicle wiring harnesses that would allow wiring harnesses to be assessed without removal.

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

The US Department of Defense is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to advance the state-of-the-art in digital engineering and advanced manufacturing tools and processes to redesign, test, and produce a new steering gear box prototype as a replacement to the current version of a legacy vehicle.