NCEMT 2003 Annual Report. Providing Metalworking Solutions to Enable Defense Transformation

摘要

The 21st Century security environment requires that we expand and transform the U.S. Navy's warfighting capabilities, delivering vessels that are faster, stronger and more agile. The nature of open-ocean and littoral missions is changing; ships are being called upon to conduct both traditional combat operations on world seas and to fight high-speed, multi-threat missions in shallow waters. The U.S. Navy Manufacturing Technology (MANTECH) Program is diligent in its pursuit of what President George W. Bush has called 'leap-ahead solutions' to support fast changing U.S. Navy needs. The National Center for Excellence in Metalworking Technology (NCEMT), a MANTECH Center of Excellence, is delivering such solutions and answering America's most demanding technology challenges. I commend the NCEMT for its record of excellence and for the pioneering contributions you will read about in this publication. This year, it is my pleasure to welcome a new Program Director for the NCEMT. Daniel L. Winterscheidt is now overseeing the program. Dan is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and Director of Manufacturing Programs for Concurrent Technologies Corporation, and I know he looks forward to serving the Navy in this important new capacity.