Since its inception in 1987, CTC has gained experience operating national Centers
of Excellence. That year, we were selected to operate the Navy Metalworking Center
(formerly known as the National Center for Excellence in Metalworking Technology),
and we have subsequently been awarded a number of similar opportunities.
All CTC clients benefit from the up-to-the-minute expertise readily available through
these Centers of Excellence. CTC employs highly qualified experts and engages the
most advanced technology to constantly deliver leading-edge solutions for high-profile
projects.
CTC operates these Centers of Excellence:
Department of Defense Voluntary Protection Programs Center of Excellence (VPP
CX)
Bill Tumblin, CTC VPP CX Manager, 877-292-2880
vppcx@ctc.com, or
visit the Web site at
www.vppcx.org.
The Department of Defense Voluntary Protection Programs Center of Excellence (VPP
CX) deploys Voluntary Protection Program-compliant safety management systems and
programs that assist DoD installations and defense agencies in achieving and
maintaining Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection
Programs Star status. Commanders at Star sites are realizing what they note as "a
decrease in non-availability," thus an increase in readiness and sustainability.
National Applied Software Engineering Center (NASEC)
Wes Regian, CTC NASEC Program Manager, (256) 560-6602
regianj@ctc.com
The mission of the National Applied Science Engineering Center (NASEC), operated by CTC, is to augment the innate human ability for using stories to
organize complex information. A comprehensive military knowledge base, which contains the Army Universal Task List and the Joint C3 Information Exchange
Data Model as well as a military operational story structure, drives multiple prototypes performing different kinds of reasoning. MARS and PLUTO,
described here,
are two of those prototypes.
One of NASEC’s earliest prototypes, the Battle Builder, was transitioned into the RIPPLE (Reactive Information Propagation and Planning for Lifelike
Exercises) program. The RIPPLE system is used to develop complex training scenarios using “threads” and track the roles that play key parts in those
scenarios. RIPPLE also has a fully customizable Report Writer and standard ESRI GIS capabilities. In the near future, RIPPLE will be able to collect
training exercise data to streamline the preparation of After-Action Review materials; and to track training objectives and align them with specific
exercise components.
Navy Metalworking Center
(Formerly the National Center for Excellence
in Metalworking Technology (NCEMT))
Daniel L. Winterscheidt, CTC NMC Program Director, (814) 269-6840
winter@ctc.com, or visit the Web site at
www.nmc.ctc.com.
The Navy Metalworking Center was established in 1988 as one of the Centers of Excellence
sponsored by the United States Navy Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program.
Early in its history, the Navy Metalworking Center established its reputation as
one of the nation's premier resources for developing and disseminating affordable,
advanced metalworking technologies.
National Defense Center for Energy and Environment (NDCEE)
(Formerly
the National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence)
Heather Moyer, CTC NDCEE Program Director, (814) 269-6474
moyer@ctc.com,
or visit the Web site at
www.ndcee.ctc.com
The National Defense Center for Energy and Environment (NDCEE) serves as a national
leadership organization to address high-priority energy, environmental, safety,
and occupational health challenges for the Department of Defense (DoD), other government
organizations, and the industrial community. The NDCEE supports research, demonstration,
and fielding of viable, mission-driven solutions that reduce total ownership costs.
System of Systems Engineering Center of Excellence (SoSECE)
Greg
Jablunovsky, SoSECE, 800-518-0493, or for more information on our System of Systems
Engineering work, visit
www.sosece.org.
SoSECE (pronounced SO SEK' EE ) was established to provide a focused resource to
facilitate the nation’s need to have weapons systems that are truly conceived, developed,
and integrated as interoperable System of Systems (SoS). SoSECE’s main objective
is to develop a formal SoS engineering methodology and apply this methodology to
Department of Defense (DoD) programs.