The US Department of War is partnering with industry and academia on a multiphase CTMA initiative to advance the state-of-the-art in automated metals testing and analysis methods and processes. Current technologies and processes make new material and process certification time consuming and costly. The overall goal of this initiative is to compress this testing time from months to weeks and in some cases from weeks to days. With more testing done in a shorter period, volumes of data will be generated to define what will not work—forcing a path in alloy development to what will work.

Phase IV of the project will continue the vision as outlined in Phases I-III, and focus in particular on the additive manufacturing area of the facility, which has seen a need for more EDM capabilities to better harvest test specimens from increasingly smaller and near net shape incoming material.
If you feel your organization has the technical capabilities and would like to be considered for this project, please complete the form below and upload your organization’s technical capabilities statement.

Interested Submissions Due by 5/5/26.

We encourage participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), including Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs).

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