Collaboration
Appleton & Co specializes in liaison activities to promote cooperative effort between talented professionals in industry, academia and the military. In partnership with a consortium of diverse firms and individuals possessing a broad range of talent and experience, we strive to help build mutually beneficial relationships that deliver the best possible equipment to America's military men and women.
Organizations with whom we collaborate include:
- Intrepid Solutions, LLC
- Black & Rossi, LLC
- EGA Enterprises, LLC
- National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
By partnering with these organizations, we are able to draw on a wealth of resources to help government and industry work together.
Some of the projects we are currently managing include:
Sense and Respond Logistics for the Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle
This collaborative effort sponsored in part by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences will enable the Program Manager's Office, Light Armored Vehicle to insert technology upgrades in the LAV to modernize maintenance and logistics and enable this vital piece of legacy equipment to continue serving for many more years. In 2004 this ongoing project won the prestigious Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award presented by the National Center for Advanced Technologies.
Reliability Centered Maintenance for the Light Armored Vehicle
The Rochester Institute of Technology and the Program Manager's Office, Light Armored Vehicle are instituting an RCM program to reduce maintenance costs, increase fleet readiness and enable Condition Based Maintenance in the LAV.
Kinetic Spray Metal Deposition for Corrosion Protection
In another project sponsored by the NCMS, several methods of kinetic spray technology will be combined with cutting edge techniques and tested on various metal substrates to determine the viability and effectiveness of the technique to control corrosion. The concept will then be tested on a production component in a fielded environment.
In order to stay current with trends in both military and industry, Appleton $#38; Co and its employees are members of a variety of professional organizations, including:
