Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Consortium reaches 1,000 members & $1 billion
The Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Consortium (NSTIC) today announces it has grown to over 1,000 members since its inception in 2019.
The Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Consortium (NSTIC) today announces it has grown to over 1,000 members since its inception in 2019.
Non-traditional contractors make up about 80 percent of the NSTIC, according to Clifford. The benefit of the consortium is members have full access to technical area managers to ask questions and have dialogue.
The speed of the Naval Surface Technology Innovation Consortium's (NSTIC) OTA, managed by Advanced Technology International (ATI) and Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren, allowed for a 90-day turn from Request for Prototype Proposal (RPP) to contract award, enabling the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic development program to contract with a Non-Traditional Defense Contractor to provide new, low-cost sensor technologies to support critical flight test activities.
Recently, NSTIC awarded a project for a Containerized Littoral Launch System, which provides surface-to-surface missile capability to littoral combat ships. This launcher technology supports the Navy’s efforts to help increase survivability and lethality of its ships, and help protect and defend against enemy warships.
The 2021 Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Consortium (NSTIC) Industry Day event included NSTIC members, and briefings from NSWCDD provided by Contracting Department Head Mike Busansky, Technical Director Dale Sisson, SES and Chief Technology Officer Jennifer Clift.
As part of the initiative, Dahlgren has already set up several collaborations with other Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, industry partners, and academic experts through the Naval Surface Technology and Innovation Consortium and the Navy Engineering Education Consortium. This includes the Johns Hopkins University Extreme Materials Institute and the University of Miami’s 3D Printing Center.
This June, the Navy Surface Technology and Innovation Consortium (NSTIC) celebrates two years of supporting the Navy by providing access to innovative technologies that address current and future threats in the surface and maritime environment.
“The OTA has increased our ability to identify and communicate with and among alternative resources through working partnerships with academia, small businesses, non-traditional businesses, and other members of Industry to ensure the Navy’s needs are met and satisfied."
Seeking to find faster routes to emergent, urgent, and innovative naval surface and maritime capabilities, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) recently established a new Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) allowing increased collaboration with a larger industry base generating faster, flexible, and more innovative solutions for the warfighter.
ATI was awarded a new Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) by the Naval Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) to build and manage a naval surface technology consortium.