Jan 23, 2024 – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) with The Department of Defense’s Office of Industrial Base Policy as the sponsor, through its Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP) office, has awarded the Enterprise Parts Management System (EPMS) prototype to two Non-Traditional Contractors (NTDCs): JRC ►
Additive manufacturing, often referred to as 3D printing, is rewriting the rules of mass production, from intricate prototypes to complex, fully functional end-products. As the US Navy moves forward with its vision of producing three submarines per year, additive manufacturing stands out as a critical enabler for submarine manufacturing.
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Dec 11, 2023 – The Department of Defense (DoD) has made an award decision on the Growing Additive Manufacturing Maturity for Airbreathing Hypersonics (GAMMA-H) prototype opportunity.
“Additive manufacturing has made great strides in the last few years for creating new weapons and components,” stated Keith DeVries, Office of the Secretary of ►
November 27, 2023 – National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL), manager of the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) program, has announced the award of the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Data Exploitation Technology Transition (ODETT) to Lockheed Martin Corporation. Lockheed Martin will receive $5.2 million to create prototypes that ►
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane has awarded the Environmental Simulation Hardware in the Loop (ES-HWIL) project to Hill Technical Solutions on October 11, 2023. This project was awarded using the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S²MARTS) Other Transaction Authority (OTA).
This project is focused on the development ►
Meet Stephanie Lin, the Vice President of Microelectronics Commons here at NSTXL. Stephanie started her role in August of 2023, adjacent to the planning and launch of the Microelectronics Commons program. The program award was officially announced at the Pentagon by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on ►
November 08, 2023 – NSTXL, manager of the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) program, has announced the award of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Command and Control (FORGE C2) prototype project to Ball Aerospace, Parsons, General Dynamics, and Omni Federal.
Designed to provide actionable takeaways for industry, academia, and government, the 2023 SpEC General Member Meeting took place in Los Angeles on October 16th and 17th, where members attended two days ►
The Microelectronics Commons Annual Meeting took place in Washington, D.C. on October 17-18 and hosted over 700 in-person and 1.1k virtual attendees, including members of the Microelectronics Commons program, the newly awarded Hub leads and their teams, key government players, industry performers and more. This event featured briefings from Department ►
Oct 4, 2023 – Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Innovation and Prototyping Acquisition Delta recently announced its award of the Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing for Space Domain Awareness (DEEP-SDA) prototype to Riverside Research.
This project, spearheaded by Riverside Research, will be supported by the three subsidiaries, all of which are
