Innovative maintenance, repair solutions sought for industrial technology competition

A national technology competition seeks innovative solutions for maintenance and sustainment operations, sponsored annually by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) to provide the Department of Defense (DOD) with new ways to streamline maintenance and sustainment operations. The 2024 Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Technology Competition highlights innovative technologies that enable more agile, effective, efficient, and affordable methods for maintaining high-value assets, as well as for enabling advancements in logistics and business processes.

NCMS is a 38-year-old organization whose mission is to create opportunities for highly capable companies to work collaboratively with government providers and end users who need their innovations and technology solutions. As a member-based nonprofit organization, it has built a vast network of industry, government, and academia partners to help speed the development, demonstration, and transition of innovative technologies efficiently, with less risk and lower cost.

The review and selection process for entrants to the technology competition will be overseen by top DOD maintenance leaders, providing broad visibility to all participants.  Three finalists will be selected to give live presentations to a panel of judges and conference attendees at NCMS’s annual Partners Meeting May 7-9 in Providence, RI. Afterwards, the judges will meet to determine the Overall Award winner, and the audience will vote on a “People’s Choice” Award winner.

NCMS will make available support funding—$100,000 to the Overall Award winner and $25,0000 to the “People’s Choice” Award winner. Both awards can be used to support a future demonstration project within the CTMA Program. The submission period is open, and the deadline for entries is March 1, 2024.