Ramona Adams
SAE Industry Technologies Consortia has established a nonprofit consortium of commercial automotive manufacturers and suppliers that will work to help the U.S. Army adopt new automotive technologies.
SAE ITC said Tuesday the Defense Automotive Technologies Consortium will address technology areas such as automotive cybersecurity, vehicle safety and lightweighting, autonomous and connected vehicles, intelligent systems and advanced energy storage technologies.
“Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, DATC is open to small, medium or large companies, regardless of whether or not they have done business with the government in the past,” said Dave Porreca, DATC executive director.
Porreca added DATC will work with the government and the Army in efforts to award projects within 60 to 120 days.
The Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center selected SAE ITC to help streamline the integration of new technologies into military ground vehicles under a seven-year “other” transaction agreement, SAE ITC said.
The government can award up to $700 million worth of projects under the OTA.
SAE ITC serves as a trade association that builds tailored industry infrastructure for the automotive, aerospace and commercial vehicle sectors.
