The OSD ManTech Program hosted representatives from five Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs) and their consortium member companies for an Organic Industrial Base Modernization Challenge pitch event in Chicago on February 7, 2023. Following an October workshop to identify crucial technological needs, OSD ManTech initiated the OIB Modernization project call through the MIIs, set to offer up to $2.5 million in OSD-sponsored government funding to five MII-member winners. This resulted in 104 proposal submissions from member companies. Nine projects delivered their proposals to a panel of OIB experts, industry leadership and the OSD ManTech Director at the time, Tracy Frost, based on their projected positive impact across the 47 DoD-owned OIB sites.
three ARM Institute consortium member projects were selected from over 100 proposals submitted to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization Challenge, including the one detailed below.
Maskless Robotic Painting with Realtime Control
Project Team
Figure Engineering, Siemens, Lockheed Martin
The team, led by Figure Engineering, and including Siemens and Lockheed Martin, will leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize Figure Engineering’s Signac collaborative robotic marking system to eliminate manual masking and stenciling on defense assets, demonstrating this capability at Warner Robins ALC.