The Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities Program

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The Commercial Technologies for Maintenance
Activities Program

• Mike Gnam
• Manager
• 734-995-4971 mikeg_at_ncms.org

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NCMS Today

• North Americas largest manufacturing
  researchand development consortium, and growing.
• Membership drawn from electronics, aerospace,
  automotive, information, communications, and
  general industries.
• Over 200 member companies, including
  universitiesand research organizations.
• Manages a project portfolio of 80 million
  annually.
• Projects are sometimes partially financed with
  federal funds, through NCMS Congressional grant
  and agency funds (DoC, DoE, ARPA, etc.)
• More than 60-person staff supporting
  collaboration services.

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Who We Are

• More than 200 member companies
• Selected members include
• Baxter Healthcare Corporation Caterpillar, Inc.
• Cincinnati Milacron DaimlerChrysler
• Eastman Kodak Eaton Corporation
• Ford General Motors
• Hewlett-Packard Company Lockheed Martin
• Raytheon Systems Company Rockwell International
  Corporation
• Storage Technology Corporation United
  Technologies Corporation

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Existing Focus Areas

• Manufacturing Processes and Materials
• Production Equipment and Systems
• Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing
• Advanced Electronics Technology
• Management Practices
• Automotive Initiatives

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The CTMA Cooperative Agreement

• Cooperative Agreement between NCMS and the Office
  of the Secretary of Defense
• Administered by Office of Maintenance Programs,
  Resources and Planning
• Multi-year Funding Agreement
• 5 Million (1998)
• 6 Million (1999)
• 8 Million (2000)
• 11 Million? (2001)

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The CTMA Cooperative Agreement

• Involves Direct Participation by Depot Level
  Maintenance Activities and NCMS Members
• Requires a 2 for 1 Match on all contracted
  monies
• Responsible for delivering hardware and tangible
  deliverables to DoD while measuring benefits and
  savings
• Promotes cross-talk and technology exchange
  between industry and DoD

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Who Participates (DoD facilities)

• Tobyhanna AD
• Corpus Christi AD
• Red River AD
• Anniston AD
• Norfolk NSY
• Portsmouth NSY
• Pearl Harbor NSY
• Puget Sound NSY
• MC3 Albany
• MC3 Barstow
• Davis-Monthan

• NADEP North Island
• NADEP Jacksonville
• NADEP Cherry Point
• OC-ALC
• Ogden ALC
• WR-ALC
• Trident Kings Bay
• Camp Pendleton
• Philadelphia Foundry
• Navy Spawar
• DMEA

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How the CTMA Program Actually Works

• Begins with a concept (5 pages long)
• Joint Industry/DoD interest and needs
• Cost/Benefits summary sketched out
• ROI
• Participant roles defined
• Support within Depot for care and custody of
  program deliverables
• Submission of concept to OSD
• 10 day turnaround for approval

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CTMA Results/Activities to Date

• 20 Programs Approved and Funded
• 9.9 Million in Direct Contract Costs awarded
• 25 Million in Cost Sharing Commitments
• 10 Depot direct participants
• Over 60 NCMS members involved

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CTMA Project Scorecard

• Leak Test Technology Development
• Recent Alternatives to Chromate Processes
• Material Substitution for Composite Repairs
• Portable Thermal Spray Technologies
• Laser Shot Peening for Life Cycle Increase
• Manual ARC Welding
• Laser Engineered Net ShapingTM
• Rapid Prototyping Technology Advancement
• High Throughput Production Processing (I, II)

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CTMA Project Scorecard

• Advanced Distributed Learning (Phase I, II)
• Automated Work Process Planning (I, II)
• Affordable High Density Chip on Board
• Rapid Response Computer Aided Mfg. (for circuit
  boards)
• Embedded Decoupled Capacitors
• Near Dry Machining of Aluminum
• Virtual Reality for Depot Repairs
• Electronic Collaborative Manufacturing

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Opportunities for Collaboration

• NCMS Seeks additional insights into depot needs
  and assessment process
• We have technologyyou provide the validation
  site
• We leverage your planned and existing investments
  in technology
• NCMS has funding in its Bank Account

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Summary

• CTMA Currently a successful model for
  collaboration
• NCMS Industry Teams putting money where their
  mouths are
• DoD depots operate as independent businesses and
  participation is reflective
• Benefits Assessment for first round in process.