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1 FY2009 IBIF Stakeholder Projects Tab Org POC Company Project Title Amount 1 DLA Julie Tsao AdvanTech Inc. Manufacturer Item Level RFID $999,480 Tagging for Clothing Items 2 OSD John Russell $999,957 3 MDA Steve Linder South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) SCRA Advanced Technology Institute Development of Next Generation Fiber and Out of Autoclave Processing for Large Scale Composite Structures Anti Counterfeiting and Configuration Control $1,000,000 4 Navy John Carney 5 Navy John Carney 6 IP Rick Lowden 7 Army Capt. Shermoan Daiyaan South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) Pennsylvania State University Oak Ridge National Laboratory Albany Engineered Materials Development of Affordable Out of Autoclave Manufacturing Methods for Composite Aviation Structures Man Portable Weld Clad Tools for Shipboard Valve Repair Forgings of Affordable Solid State Titanium Low Cost Rotorcraft Cabin Floor Structure $517,473 $453,040 $1,000,000 $959,946 Total $5,929,896

2 1. Manufacturing Item Level RFID Tagging for Clothing Items Apparel Items are important to the training and deployment activities of each Warfighter. This project will implement RFID tagging technologies to track Warfighter apparel items throughout the entire supply chain (manufacture to the individual Warfighter). RFID technology can improve operational processes within each segment of the supply chain and improve delivery to the Warfighter. Tracking lot numbers and expiration dates of certain apparel items has become more critical due to newer components and fabrics that are incorporated into these items. RFID can provide the ability to quickly track such items to the individual Warfighter in event of a recall. The technical approach for this project will be to develop an RFID Tagging Technology Project Plan (including a Requirements Matrix) that will provide affordable alternatives for implementation at Defense Supply Center Philadelphia s Clothing and Textile Manufacturing sites. The project team will work closely with manufacturers and commercial RFID providers to develop multiple technology alternatives. Specifications and language for future Apparel Item contracts will be developed to incorporate RFID item level tagging. Initial target application for RFID apparel items is the Air Force Recruit Training Center in FY2010. Implementation at the U.S. Marine Corps Training Centers will take place in FY2011, and at U.S. Army Training Centers in FY2012. The functionality utilized for apparel items could be also be applied to other commodities that support the Warfighter. 2. Development of Next Generation Fiber and Out of Autoclave Processing for Large Scale Composite Structures The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Air Force, Navy, prime vendors, and related equipment and material manufacturers have been working towards establishing an industrial base capability for automated fiber placement of Out of Autoclave (OOA) processing of composite materials. Combining automated fiber placement technology with OOA processing will lower the high capital equipment costs and component size limitations associated with traditional autoclave processing and greatly reduce the manual labor associated with hand layup techniques. A master plan has been established which leverages existing and planned development efforts by the services and industry. The subject IBIF effort provides a key piece of this master plan by developing and delivering the MAG Cincinnati fiber placement technology utilizing CYTECH 5230 material for the industrial base. Other separately funded automated placement / material system combinations will undergo development efforts and evaluation as part of this master plan. For the subject effort, South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) will establish and manage a qualified industrial team including HITCO, Advanced Composites Group, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin to define key requirements and demonstrate automated fiber placement of OOA material. These will be used to develop a series of fiber placement demonstrations to begin establishment of the merits of this process. Successful efforts will eventually be transferred to the industrial base for large scale manufacture of composite structures on future aviation platforms such as the Joint Heavy Lift Rotorcraft, Joint Future Theater Lift, and NASA Launch Vehicle.

3 3. Anti Counterfeiting and Configuration Control (AC3) Counterfeiting of electronic parts or components is a direct threat to the US industrial base and installation of counterfeit or non conforming parts on missiles or other weapons systems could be catastrophic. This project will develop and conduct a proof of concept demonstration of an AC3 system to mitigate risks associated with counterfeit, obsolete, or otherwise non conforming electronic parts installed in Standard Missile Three variant weapons systems for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). A Proof of Concept demonstration will take place at Raytheon Missile Systems. AC3 will provide complete visibility throughout the supply chain so that if a counterfeit or obsolete part is located, additional parts from the suspect lot / supplier can be identified across all MDA weapons system. A user interface will fuse different supplier information into one data base, and AC3 will determine the risk of potentially counterfeit components in each individual SM3 weapons system. Thus, improved configuration control (by individual missile tail number) will be achieved, and mission readiness improved. Raytheon Missile Systems will deploy AC3 on its SM3 production line when the Proof of Concept shows minimum values for success. AC3 has potential application for configuration control of other items and weapons system as well. 4. Development of Affordable Out of Autoclave Manufacturing Methods for Composite Aviation Structures This project is the same as Tab 2 except that the material used for fiber placement development differs (being ACGMTM 45 1 instead of CYTECH 5320). It utilizes the same MAG Cincinnati fiber placement machine system as for the Tab2 development effort and except for testing different material, the Statement of Work, Schedule and Deliverables are the same. As in Tab 2 above, this IBIF effort provides another key piece of the master plan for Out Of Autoclave process development by developing and delivering the MAG Cincinnati fiber placement technology utilizing ACGMTM 45 1 material for the industrial base. Other separately funded automated placement / material system combinations will undergo development efforts and evaluation as part of the master plan. As in Tab 2, South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) will establish and manage a qualified industrial team including HITCO, Advanced Composites Group, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin to define key requirements and demonstrate automated fiber placement of OOA material. These will be used to develop a series of fiber placement demonstrations in order to begin establishment of the merits of this process. Successful efforts will eventually be transferred to the industrial base for large scale manufacture of composite structures on future aviation platforms such as the Joint Heavy Lift Rotorcraft, Joint Future Theater Lift, and NASA Launch Vehicle.

4 5. Man Portable Weld Clad Tools for Shipboard Valve Repair Numerous valves and components on Navy ships are routinely exposed to the corrosive effects of seawater, resulting in need for build up and repair of surfaces. Repair of Main Sea Water and Auxiliary Seawater (MSW/ASW) 12 and 16 valves have been identified by US Navy shipyards as a Top Priority Improvement Candidate by the Navy Executive Planning Sessions. Current shipboard repair is by a hand operated electroplating procedure which involves hazardous chemicals, is time consuming, and the repair degrades quickly during service. The objective of this project is to develop, build, and demonstrate a man portable semi automated cladding system that is suitable for Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) or laser cladding for repair of these valves. Additionally, a detailed specification will be developed for transition to manufacture. The work will be performed by the Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory in conjunction with NAVSEA, and a selected industry partner (yet to be determined). The prototype system will be based on shop based (non portable) rotary cladding tools currently employed in the petroleum industry. The effort relies on extensive leveraging of knowledge from Navy ManTech projects and is expected to be complete by end of September Forgings of Affordable Solid State Titanium The objective of this project is to demonstrate the properties of Ti 6Al 4V alloy forgings produced from new low cost titanium powder production processes (such as the Armstrong Process which can produce powder in commercial quantities). Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Lockheed Martin, and Wyman Gordon will demonstrate a forging process by consolidating these new titanium powders via Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP ing) into a solid state preform, then forging at Wyman Gordon s facility into pancake shaped test pieces and components for evaluation. The team will compare and validate chemistries, mechanical properties, and microstructures to specifications for conventionally forged Ti 6Al 4V and develop optimum solid state consolidation and forging processes. Deliverables are a powder Ti forged weapons system component and a final report containing full characterization and evaluation of forged components and pancake forged test samples, cost models, processing parameters, and process yield. The period of performance is 12 months. Qualification and implementation of solid state technologies such as this to consolidate the new Ti powders should lead to processing cost reductions and elimination of scrap. Improved Buy to Fly ratios should result via reducing waste in the process stream prior to forging. This would lead to significant cost reductions in weapons systems such as the F 35 and expand the advantageous use of titanium to other weapons systems in which traditionally (Kroll) processed titanium is cost prohibitive.

5 7. Low Cost Rotorcraft Cabin Floor Structure Albany Engineered Materials X/K Core composite material is the baseline core material for three US Army Aviation programs on two major weapons systems, based on lighter weight improved damage tolerance, and ease of repair. These programs are the Aircraft & Ground Support Equipment (PM AGSE), Blackhawk UH 60M/MU, and Apache AH 64D Longbow (helicopters). This projects primary objective is to increase operational throughput of the pin insertion machine used to manufacture X/K Core material, thereby reducing machine cycle time and cost to manufacture. A secondary objective is to obtain additional test data to utilize in design and repair of the material which would lower risk of insertion into a wider range of weapons system platforms and broaden acceptance of the technology throughout DOD. The three primary development tasks to accomplish these objectives are automated pin insertion over three dimensional surface details (such as varied thickness and surface topography), improve set up time and cost (via using a new design pin receptor), and insertion of various topographic details (via redesign of the production stamper head). Successful results will be transferred directly to the three ongoing US Army Aviation programs mention above. This technology has potential application for other weapons systems, including the ARH/KRH rotorcraft, and FA 18. Project duration is 12 months. Expected completion date of this project is September 14, 2010.