DoD Introduces Manufacturing Tech Program
December 16, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) introduced a Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program for 2008.
The U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force managed their individual ManTech programs for decades. This is the first year for the DoD defense-wide program, said John J. Kubricky, deputy undersecretary of defense for advanced systems and concepts.
Beginning in fiscal year 2008, the program expects to fund investments that will mature ceramic matrix composites manufacturing processes, system-on-chip packaging technology and design guidelines and advanced manufacturing processes for prosthetics, according to the DoD.
The defense-wide ManTech program is designed to mature cross-cutting manufacturing processes in parallel with new and emerging technologies that are inserted into DoD systems.
ManTech is touted as enabling a cost-efficient and collaborative development process that concurrently retires cross-cutting manufacturing risk with technology risk to enable product-ready technology insertion, said the DoD.
The program will also align research and development investments with levels of technology maturity or calls for corrective options in advance of Milestone B decisions, said the DoD.
ManTech measures are billed as resulting in decreased cycle time for production, lower manufacturing costs, more predictable performance and improved reliability that yields reductions in life cycle costs, claims the DoD.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs).