Covisus is honored and humbled to be named a NCMS 2020 MIC Finalist. The Maintenance Innovation Challenge (MIC) is an important venue to present innovative technologies in front of a large cross-section of DOD decision-makers
The MIC aims to elevate and expand the call for maintenance innovation to include not only new technology, hardware, and software but also unique partnerships, resourcing strategies, business practices, or processes that promise to make maintenance more capable, agile, and affordable.
The Six NCMS 2020 MIC Finalists Are:
- Augmented Reality Remote Maintenance Support Service (ARRMSS)
– Submitted by Aristides Staikos, US Navy NAWCAD Lakehurst - How to Pinpoint the Absolute Positioning of Flaws using Portable and Modular NDT
– Submitted by Ryan Myers, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence - Maintenance Capacity Model
– Submitted by LtCol Michael Malone, United States Marine Corps - Qualifying Laser Based Directed Energy Deposition Repair Strategies for Thin Walled Components
– Submitted by Cory Jamieson, The Pennsylvania State University ARL - Robotic LASER Coating Removal (F-16 and F-35)
– Submitted by Richard Crowther, USAF - vTag – ‘Tagless’ Item Level Traceability
– Submitted by Naresh Menon, Covisus Inc
A vTag® is a ‘virtual tag’. It functions like a tag but without any modifications to the part. Like a human fingerprint or iris scan, a vTag® uses intrinsic surface features of an item to uniquely identify it from all other items of its kind. The intrinsic features of an item are micro-scale roughness, formed randomly during the fabrication of the item. They are well known in the scientific literature1to be completely unique and impossible to replicate. Due to this intrinsic feature the vTag® is a product anti counterfeiting solution because it offers supply chain traceability and authentication. Learn more about vTag® HERE.
The People’s Choice Award
Winner will be selected on Monday, December 7th, 2020. After listening to the six presentations from the finalists, attendees will have the opportunity to vote for the winner of the People’s Choice Award.
How to attend:
The MIC takes place Monday, Dec. 7 from 1-3 pm EST.
https://meet621927343.adobeconnect.com/mic2020/
Audio line: 888.537.7715 Passcode: 16161715#