This $581,929,793.19 cooperative agreement, awarded on March 8, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Defense, funds research on maintenance and sustainment of military and civilian equipment. The award was made under the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) program (CFDA 12.225), which aims to leverage commercial developments in innovative technologies such as additive manufacturing, digital engineering, autonomous systems, and advanced materials to improve equipment availability, reliability, efficiency, and safety.
The primary recipient, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Inc. (NCMS), is a non-profit organization that specializes in collaborative research and development projects to advance manufacturing technologies and processes for the benefit of government, industry, and academia. NCMS has previously received other significant CTMA program awards to support its mission, including a $506,824,079 cooperative agreement and a $207,383,860 cooperative agreement for related research and development initiatives.
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