The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide an assistance mechanism for the CTMA program to stimulate research, development, evaluation, integration and deployment of innovative maintenance and sustainment capabilities for the primary benefit of the public using a broad range

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of DoD sustainment and warfighter support operations as the test bed.

Thus, the goal of this FOA is to leverage and advance commercial developments in maintenance and sustainment technology and processes for the primary benefit of U.

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industry and the public applying the research, development, evaluation, integration, and deployment to DoD issues – to reduce costs, improve system/platform operational availabilities, increase systems reliability, improve logistical support efficiency and effectiveness, improve the planning and execution of sustainment operations, increase the resiliency of the sustainment industrial base, improve environmental compliance, and increase sustainment personnel competency and safety.