Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities Program (12.225)
Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities Program (Assistance Listing 12.225) is run by the Washington Headquarters Services, part of the Department of Defense. It awarded $2.8 billion in 4 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $705 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $705 million. Half of the 4 awards fell between $136 million and $1.3 billion, and they ranged from $13.4 million to $1.4 billion.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$2.8 billion
- Grant awards4
- Typical award$705 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$974 million
- Size rank128 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements
Key findings
- Annual funding rose from $252 million in fiscal 2021 to $974 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 128th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- Awards went to recipients in 1 states and territories.
What the program funds
In partnership with industry, the goal of the CTMA program is to leverage and advance commercial developments in maintenance and sustainment technology and processes for the primary benefit of U.S. 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.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
What the money can and cannot pay for
The assistance can be used to supplement the private investment being applied to develop, integrate and transition commercial sustainment technologies and processes which can: improve weapon systems readiness and reliability; improve weapon systems capability with lowered overall sustainment costs; reduce cycle time for sustainment; and improve business practices and data collection/management.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. This program will cost share.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Individual awards can range from a few thousand dollars to tens of millions of dollars.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2020: Inspection and Fractographic Analysis to Develop a Digital Twin for a Legacy Aircraft: The overall objective of this initiative is to develop and validate a process to create detailed digital twins when much of the necessary technical data is missing. Using the B-1 as a surrogate to achieve this will provide the military with “non-proprietary government owned” models and methods that can be used to evaluate damage or changes to the aircraft usage in order to repair, modify the design, modify structural inspection intervals or even reevaluate the design life of the asset, with the end result being an environment that provides the best possible aircraft sustainment and fleet readiness.Fiscal Year2024: Mobile Energy Storage System (MESS) - Portable generators are useful when temporary or remote electrical power is needed, but they can also be extremely difficult to maintain, transport, fuel and utilize. When maintaining equipment in remote locations, standing up mobile hospitals, or other disaster relief activities, having a reliable source of power is critical. Although diesel engine generators are the standard remote power solution, they are also heavy, maintenance intensive, and require diesel fuel that in many locations, presents an extreme logistics challenge. As an alternative to diesel generators, clean electrical energy storage has emerged as a worldwide market option.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities Program (12.225) awarded $2.8 billion across 4 grant awards, an average of $705 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Inc | Michigan | 4 | $2.8 billion |
Who usually wins
Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 4 | $2.8 billion | 100% |
By state
Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 4 | $2.8 billion |