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Navy Manufacturing Technology Centers of Excellence

The Navy Manufacturing Technology Program  has established  Centers of Excellence (COEs) to provide

focal points for the development and technology transfer of new manufacturing processes and equipment

in a cooperative environment with industry, academia, and the Navy industrial facilities and laboratories.

These  consortium structured COEs serve as corporate residences of expertise in particular technological

areas.  The following list provides a description and point of contact for each COE.

Best Manufacturing Practices Center of

Point of Contact:

Excellence

Mr. Robert Cook

Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment

The  Best  Manufacturing  Practices  Center  of  Ex 

Technologies

cellence  (BMPCOE)  provides  a  national  resource

ARL Penn State

to identify and share best manufacturing and busi 

P.O. Box 30

ness practices being used throughout  government,

State College, PA 16804 0030

industry, and academia. The BMPCOE was estab 

Phone: (814) 863 3880

lished by the Office of Naval Research's BMP Pro 

FAX: (814) 863 1183

gram, the Department of Commerce,  and the Uni 

E mail:  rbc5@psu.edu

versity of Maryland at College Park.  By improving

the use of existing technology, promoting  the in 

troduction of improved technologies, and providing

Composites Manufacturing Technology

non competitive  means  to  address  common  prob 

Center  (Operated  by  South  Carolina

lems, the BMPCOE has become a significant fac 

Research Authority)

tor to  counter foreign competition.

Point of Contact:

The  Composites  Manufacturing  Technology  Cen 

Dr. Anne Marie T. SuPrise

ter (CMTC) is a Center of Excellence for the Navy's

Best Manufacturing Practices Center of

Composites  Manufacturing  Technology  Program.

Excellence

The South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) op 

4321 Hartwick Road

erates the CMTC and The Composites Consortium

Suite 400

(TCC) serves as the technology resource.  The TCC

College Park, MD  20740

has strong, in depth knowledge and experience in

Phone: (301) 403 8100

composites manufacturing technology.  The SCRA/

FAX: (301) 403 8180

CMTC provides a national resource for the devel 

E mail: annemari@bmpcoe.org

opment and dissemination of composites manufac 

turing technology to defense contractors and sub 

contractors.

Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment

Point of Contact:

Technologies

Mr. Henry Watson

Applied Research and Development Institute

The Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment

Composites Manufacturing Technology Center

Technologies (iMAST) is located at the Pennsylva 

934 D Old Clemson Highway

nia State University's Applied Research Laboratory.

Eagles Landing Professional Park

iMAST's primary objective is to address challenges

Seneca, SC  29672

relative to Navy and Marine Corps weapon system

Phone: (864) 656 6566

platforms in the areas of mechanical drive trans 

FAX: (864) 653 7434

mission  technologies,  materials  processing  tech 

E mail: watson@scra.org

nologies,  laser  processing  technologies,  advanced

composites technologies, and repair technologies.

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