Maritime Industrial Base

Name: Maritime Industrial Base
Creator: Department of the Navy
Keywords: OTHER

Department of the NavyNaval Postgraduate School (NPS)

AI Overview

The Navy seeks advanced manufacturing solutions to rapidly produce critical repair parts on demand using agile material changeovers and large-scale additive manufacturing. This decentralizes sustainment for forward-deployed fleets, reducing supply chain delays and improving mission readiness in contested environments.

This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.

Key Details

Agency

Department of the Navy

Funding Amount

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Release Date

April 21, 2025

Due Date

April 21, 2025 (Closed)

Official Description

NPS submits unique problems to be solved. As its innovation hub, FLEETWERX utilizes its ecosystem and market research to attract best-of-breed submissions to solve those problems. Subsequently, NPS reviews and selects participants with the highest value to satisfy their needs to enter into agreement negotiations.

Objective: Fleet Readiness is challenged by the limited responsiveness of the defense industrial base and the growing complexity of contest operation environments. The ability to susta...

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Change History

Date ChangedMar 30, 2026 at 10:20 PM