ATI-led Programs

ATI Led-Programs

ATI's collaborative research model can be applied to many challenges. Our efforts are currently concentrated in the following domains:

MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES - Lowering the cost of Navy ships through innovations in shipbuilding and repair; Applying high-strength, low-weight composite materials to make components lighter, faster and more wear-resistant

ADVANCED MATERIALS - Applying composite materials to reduce costs and improve performance; Conducting applied research in copper and vanadium to reduce the cost and increase the reliability of defense components; Leading development of technologies to support rapid supply of mission-critical cast and forged metal defense parts

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY - Promoting economic growth built around emerging alternative energy technologies; Fuel cells, hydrogen power, and manufacturing efficiencies are key focus areas.

ORDNANCE - Managing the business operations of a national consortium executing a $700M DoD munitions technology development program

HEALTH and BIOSCIENCE - Advancing health sciences, treatment and prevention, nutrition, and electronic medical records

TECHNOLOGY SERVICES and SOLUTIONS - Leading the development and application of standards to enable accurate electronic exchange of information between organizations, industries and computer systems; Increasing the efficiency of supply chain integration, engineering analysis, and military command and control; Developing and delivering DoD EMALL, an online ordering system that ensures rapid resupply of defense goods and services


MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES
The Center for Naval Shipbuilding Technology is the Navy ManTech Center of Excellence, chartered by the Office of Naval Research to identify, develop and deploy, in U.S. shipyards, advanced manufacturing technologies that will reduce the cost and time to build and repair Navy ships. ATI manages CNST under a contract with the Office of Naval Research. learn more

The National Shipbuilding Research Program - Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise is a Navy-sponsored, industry-led collaboration of shipyards reducing the cost of building and repairing Navy ships. learn more

The Seabasing Future Naval Capability develops technologies in support of the Navy's emerging Seabasing approach. Seabasing enhances maneuver ashore by providing advanced command and control; long range, high volume, precise fire support; and vital logistical support from the sea. The indefinite sustainment offered by seabasing is critical in anti-access situations where there are no U.S. advance bases, friendly ports, or airfields. learn more


ADVANCED MATERIALS
ATI leads an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Center of Excellence developing composites technologies for Naval platforms. Composites are engineered materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct on a macroscopic level within the finished structure. ATI’s 30 industry partners develop composite technologies for Defense applications, such as high-performance airframes for aircraft and missiles, weight-saving and corrosion-resistant structures for ships and submarines, and lighter, smaller, more agile land vehicles. learn more

The American Metalcasting Consortium is a collaboration between the Defense Logistics Agency and the metalcasting industry that improves the manufacture and procurement of cast parts for defense readiness. The consortium conducts applied research to reduce DLA time & costs in weapons system and logistics procurements through the use of castings. It also revitalizes the Metalcasting R&D base, extracts new market share, and improves quality and cost in existing product lines. learn more

The Forging Defense Manufacturing Consortium is the forging industry's answer to the Defense Logistics Agency's requirements for an integrated forging and technology supply chain. learn more

The Copper-Based Casting Technology Program is a partnership comprised of government, industry, and academic team members. The objectives of the team are to develop, demonstrate, and deploy applications of copper base alloys to make significantly lighter, more efficient, components for use in defense systems. learn more

The Cast Metal Coalition will select and implement pertinent process, energy and environmental R&D and ensure significant industry input in project selections and metrics. The coalition enhances technology transfer and commercialization through greater industry participation. learn more

The Energy-Saving Melting and Revert Reduction Technology Program is a balanced portfolio of tasks to address energy-saving opportunities in the metalcasting industry, including Improvements in Melting Efficiency; Innovative Casting Processes for Yield Improvement/Revert Reduction; Instrumentation andControl Improvement; and Material Properties for Casting or Tooling Design Improvement. learn more

The Vanadium Technology Partnership is fostering a cooperative relationship betweenvanadium microalloyed steel industry and U.S. Army to effectively apply these high-performance steels in U.S. Army applications. Together, the team is guiding this program through stages of investigation, development and deployment, while transferring technical information to the market place. learn more


HEALTH and BIOSCIENCE
The Buy Accessible Program is dedicated to Section 508 and the compliance tools GSA has sponsored as part of its role to provide technical assistance in developing the means of implementing the law. learn more

The Copper Air Quality Program is helping to improve indoor air quality and the potential forcopper-based componentsof heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems to kill harmful microbes, includingmolds and harmful bacteria. learn more

The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel was established to overcome technical and policy obstacles to healthcare information technology interoperability by blending best-of-breed methods and processes to harmonize health data standards and gain broad-based acceptance and support via formal charter. learn more

The Copper Touch Surfaces Program is helping to reduce the measureof pathogens in healthcare facilities and will ultimately lower the rate of hospital-acquired infections. learn more


ORDNANCE
The National Warheads and Energetics Consortium is a consortium of over 120 companies and academic institutions brought together to enhance warfighter lethality and survivability. The consortium is the industrial/academic component of the Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium, an enterprise established to serve as focal point for ordnance system technology research and development to address the U.S. long range science and technology objectives. learn more


TECHNICAL SERVICES and SOLUTIONS
The Transforming Defense Supply Chains is assisting in the effective integration of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Supply Chains through pilot projects and deployment of proven technology. This effort will assist in the transformation of MDA and other DoD weapons systems programs into lean, efficient, responsive enterprises by increasing the integration and effectiveness of the supporting supply chain network. learn more

PDES, Inc. is an international industry/government consortium committed to accelerating the development and implementation of standards that enable enterprise integration and PLM interoperability for its member companies. Members represent leading manufacturers, national governmental agencies, software vendors and research organizations. PDES, Inc. supports the Digital Enterprise through the development and implementation of information standards to support Model-based Engineering, Model-based Manufacturing, and Model-based sustainment. Testing of implementations and data exchange using the ISO 10303 standard is an integral part of PDES, Inc. learn more

The STAR (Scanning Technology for Accelerating RESET) Program was initiated by the Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to help the Army meet the RESET Mission. The program evaluated the feasibility and benefits of 3-dimensional (3D) laser scanning technology to address Reverse Engineering (RE) and Quality Assurance (QA) processes in a manufacturing environment. The program addressed this challenge by integrating laser scanning technology with current manufacturing processes in use at the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD). learn more

Tactical Metal Fabrication System (TacFab) is an Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) program with the mission to provide a containerized, mobile and transportable system to support the warfighter by deploying an on-demand, cast part manufacturing capability to rapidly re-supply damaged parts for combat and combat support vehicles. TacFab may also be deployed to military organic industrial facilities to support RESET efforts. learn more

ATI played a lead role in the development and implementation of DOD EMALL, an online purchasing site for the Department of Defense that processes and delivers over 100,000 orders per year. EMALL integrates disparate order fulfillment sources and contract vehicles to provide the user with a single-point-purchase interface for catalog and non-catalog items. Warfighters using a government-issued credit card can order practically anything online and have it direct shipped without the nuances of the individual burden of the dealing with the various supply sources.

WatchKeeper is a US Coast Guard (USCG) program that is establishing technologies for an Interagency Operations Centers in support of the USCG Command 21 strategic initiative. ATI is developing software and communications architecture to support Information Sharing and a Geospatial situational awareness.