Press Release

NSRP
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Executive Control Board awards $11M for R&D Project Portfolio
December 22, 2014 -- The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program
(NSRP) has selected a new round of R&D projects for award, as part of the Program's continuing mission
to reduce costs associated with U. S. shipbuilding and ship repair. These new projects, valued at over
$11M, including cost share, were among those proposed in response to Research Announcement 13-01,
issued in June. Abridged descriptions follow:
Laser Peening of Ship Structures to Reduce Production Costs
Hepburn & Sons, LLC |William Porter; Global Shift LLC; Penn State ARL; Curtiss-Wright Surface
Technologies; Ingalls Shipbuilding
Industry Investment: $425K | NSRP Investment: $844K
Duration: 27 Months
Objective
The goal of this project is to transfer a cost-saving and quality-enhancing
technology from the aerospace industry to the shipbuilding industry. The
vision is to demonstrate the superiority of laser peening over select current
shipbuilding processes in specific applications.
Learning and Development Innovation
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Industry Investment: $381K | NSRP Investment: $370K
Duration: 24 Months
Objective
The objective of this project is to develop and demonstrate the tools
needed to facilitate improved craft on-the-job training, improve
management skills of new craft managers, and improve corporate memory
retention during the transition to the current workforce.
spARky (Reducing Wiring Costs Using 3D Model and Augmented Reality)
Electric Boat | Bath Iron Works
Industry Investment: $560K | NSRP Investment: $560K
Duration: 18 Months
Objective
The primary goal of this project is to use 3D CAD modeling and
Augmented Reality to reduce the touch labor costs of wiring electrical
components during construction.
Lifecycle Integrated Data Environment (LCIDE)
Newport News Shipbuilding | Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software (SPLMS)
Industry Investment: $1.1M | NSRP Investment: $979K
Duration: 24 Months
Objective
The goal of this project is to build a shipbuilding data environment
in order to improve customer access to OEM technical data
needed to support Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) and
further enable the Navy in its efforts to move from a drawing
centric to a data centric environment. It will develop a common
graphical user interface for all stakeholders, develop a userfriendly portal for Navy and stakeholder access, and provide an
integrated data environment as a single source for accessing OEM
data. It will also provide a framework for security access and
configuration control of selected ship data.
Computer-Aided Robotics Welding (CAR-W)
Bollinger Shipyards | Ingalls Shipbuilding |NSWCCD | ShipConstructor Software| Wolf Robotics | Edison
Welding Institute | Purdue University| Colorado State University | Tony Maciejewski | Longview Advisors
Industry Investment: 2.7M | NSRP Investment: $3.4M
Duration: 24 Months
Objective
This effort will close the widening gap in the use of robotic
welding automation versus foreign shipbuilders. This project will
take a major step toward solving ‘THE’ critical bottleneck to the
application of robotic welding technologies; automated robotic
path and process solution generation (i.e. shift from manual
offline to CAR programming).
Questions? Contact the NSRP Team at: [email protected]
or go to the NSRP website: www.nsrp.org

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