The Organic Industrial Base (OIB) is critical to supporting our warfighters and ensuring our national security. However, the average age of an OIB facility is around 80 years and many of these facilities still leverage processes and equipment from the time periods in which they were built. The Department of Defense widely recognizes this as a strategic opportunity to modernize our nation’s Organic Industrial Base, with robotics, AI, and workforce support programs playing key roles in modernization.
The ARM Institute Member consortium, comprised of thousands of individual subject matter experts representing 450+ member organizations across industry, government, and academia, stands ready to help the Department of Defense in its mission to modernize the Organic Industrial Base. By catalyzing collaboration across these organizations, OIB facilities, and the Department of Defense, the ARM Institute is uniquely positioned to support modernization.
The Extended Reality and AI-Assisted Paint Masking Project led by ARM Member GridRaster is a perfect example of this impact. Through this ARM Institute project, GridRaster collaborated with Letterkenny Army Depot on a solution for vehicle paint masking and de-masking processes that integrates extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI).
This project was funded through Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization Challenge held in 2024.
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