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Welcome to The CTMA Connector, a monthly newsletter designed to provide news and ideas about the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) program. The CTMA program is a joint Department of Defense/National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (DoD/NCMS) effort promoting collaborative technology development between industry and the DoD maintenance and repair facilities. This newsletter highlights ongoing projects, serves as a forum for promoting new project ideas, and provides other news of interest to the program. Our goal is to stimulate your participation and solicit your input. Feel free to submit items for the newsletter as well as any suggestions to make it more useful. More information about the program can be found at http://ctma.ncms.org/. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the CTMA Connector, send a message to listserv@listserv.ncms.org with "subscribe CTMANewsletter" or "unsubscribe CTMANewsletter" in the message body. •
MDS-PRAD Technologies Corporation, Inc. (www.mdsprad.ca) MDS-PRAD develops and applies protective coatings for gas turbine engines for aviation and ground-based applications. A&P Technology, Inc. (www.braider.com) A&P Technology manufactures braided reinforcements for the composite industry and other advanced technology applications. Automated Precision, Inc. (www.apisensor.com) Automated Precision develops innovative laser metrology solutions for aircraft, automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding and machine tool industries.
DROP EVERYTHING AND REGISTER NOW:
2008 Annual CTMA Working Symposium "Call to Collaborate" April 7 - 9 Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards 110 South Eutaw Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Phone (800) 228-9290
Symposium Registration at:
https://www.ncms.org/SSL/Symposium2008/registration08.htm Plenary Speakers include:
Three Track Sessions will explore issues in more depth and initiate new collaborative projects:
The full agenda is at https://www.ncms.org/08CTMASymposium/agenda.htm U.S. Marine Corps Land Systems Technology Sustainment Workshop, February 26 - 27, 2008, Marine Corps Base Quantico The Quantico Workshop focused upon readiness and sustainment issues being faced in land systems, and will supply several new project ideas for consideration in the CTMA program. With over 140 participants, the workshop also produced several new collaborations as well as a tremendous networking event. Thanks to our sponsors for helping make the Workshop a success:
New Project Approval:
Modernizing
Technical
Data
Packages
DoD Participants:
Ogden
Air
Logistics
Center,
Defense
Logistics
Agency,
US Army
TARDEC
The
Modernizing
Technical
Data
Packages
project
will
focus on
the
development
of an
Intelligent
System
for
Modernizing
of
Legacy
Tech-data
(ISMLT)
system
specific
to
Warfighter
programs
that
allow
maintenance
depots,
logistics
and
procurement
agencies
to
tackle
the
growing
problems
of
increased
lead
time and
costs
for
procurement
of parts
aging
systems
and
reduce
quality
problems
with
purchased
parts.
Once
successful,
DLA
estimates
annual
cost
avoidance
from $4
Million
to over
$14
Million.
Participants needed on New Project Ideas: Submit and view project ideas at http://ctmaideas.ncms.org. Add your comments to new project ideas and indicate your interest in helping to define and participate in the project. We now have over 70 new project ideas submitted for the CTMA program. These projects are all being reviewed with the individual services in order to seek funding to augment the 2008 CTMA funding directed by Congress. Keep the ideas coming, because they also serve to illustrate the tremendous need for new technologies to increase weapon systems readiness. We appreciate your feedback. Please contact Chuck Ryan with suggestions or input on other topics that would be of interest to you in this newsletter. The CTMA Program is sponsored by the Department of Defense; the content of this newsletter does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the government; no official endorsement should be inferred. | |
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