Reliability, maintainability, quality, supportability, and interoperability (RMQSI) is comprised of how well each weapons system is designed, manufactured, and maintained over time.

Recent Inquiries

What unclassified pitch angle and vibrational/noise data exist for the AH-64 Apache’s tail rotor?

What unclassified pitch angle and vibrational/noise data exist for the AH-64 Apache's tail rotor?

What information is available about tools and methods used in reliability, maintainability, quality, supportability, and interoperability?

What information is available about tools and methods used in reliability, maintainability, quality, supportability, and interoperability?

Maintenance and Support Available Under 1C4C-Type Funding

What systems are supported, maintained, and/or procured using operation and maintenance, Navy and other procurement, Navy 1C4C-type funding?

Articles

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98th Space Range Squadron Takes Warfighter Readiness to Next Level

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — For decades, U.S. Air Force test and training ranges, like the Nevada Test and Training Range and the Utah Test and Training Range, have provided aircrews with flexible, realistic, multidimensional battle spaces…

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Digital Manufacturing Research Team celebrates the official opening of the new Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 23, 2024. This is the team’s first internal laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo / Sarah Perez)

AFRL Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory Officially Opens

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OH (AFRL) — The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate celebrated the opening of the Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy Division’s Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems,…

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We Have Ignition

A search in the Defense Technical Information Center database for technical terms like ignition, artillery, propulsion design, or cannon design will result in reports from the 1950s through the 1970s written by very knowledgeable people…

Webinars

MBSE 2.0: A Modern Approach for Constructing System Architecture Models

A core challenge in modern systems engineering is in applying digital engineering (DE) to programs in support of systems engineering activities. Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) focuses on the formal application of models to support the…

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Adapted Risk Assessment for Safety Certification of AI-Enabled Mission Software Applications

As the safety functional authority for fielding materiel solutions, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s Safety Office uses risk management to certify that materiel is safe when used as intended. While risk assessment processes…

Current State and Future Directions of Composites Additive Manufacturing (AM) for Limited Life Aircraft Structure

Continuous fiber composites printing offers an elegant means to generate complex shapes, reinforce parts by leveraging the inherent anisotropy of fiber deposition, and enable a manufacturing paradigm dominated by digital engineering and distributed production.  However,…

Events

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TechNet Indo-Pacific

TechNet Indo-Pacific is a strategic event in the Indo-Pacific Rim. This year’s conference — “Free – Open – Secure” — focuses on the critical issues identified by regional military leaders to maintain and protect data…

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26th Annual Expeditionary Warfare Conference

The 26th Annual Expeditionary Warfare Conference will address the pressing issues in expeditionary warfare and force protection worldwide. Over the three days, attendees can immerse themselves in dynamic live sessions, explore industry exhibits, and seize…

2024 U.S. Department of Defense Steels Summit

The U.S. Department of Defense Steels Summit brings together the defense, government, industry, and academic communities engaged in the production, use, and research of steel alloys relevant to military applications. The summit is a 2-day…