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 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?

Normal Life Cycle Costs of Large Radar Systems

What are the normal life cycle costs of large radar systems?

Articles

Marines test the TowFLEXX TF-3 Milspec, a new aircraft tug capability, with the MQ-9A Reaper at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in March 2025. The TowFLEXX allows a single operator to maneuver military aircraft with unprecedented precision, maintaining the aircraft's nose wheel alignment while enabling 360-degree turns in confined spaces. (U.S. Navy photo)

Marines Fast-Track New Tug for MQ-9 Reaper

Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. – The Navy and Marine Corps Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems program office (PMA-266) recently delivered a cutting-edge aircraft towing solution to a Marine Corps squadron at Cherry…

Robust Quantum Sensors (RoQS)

Taking Quantum Sensors Out of the Lab and Into Defense Platforms

Quantum sensors, which have demonstrated unmatched precision in measuring magnetic fields, gravity, and motion, hold immense promise for advancing defense capabilities. However, these sensors face significant challenges when deployed in real-world settings – especially when…

The U.S. Air Force tracks and publicly shares data on more than 19,000 orbiting objects. In this representation, satellites are shown in red, rocket bodies in blue, and other debris in gray. (Credit: James Yoder, Stuff in Space)

New Technology Will Help Satellites Avoid Collisions in Space

Space is becoming more crowded every day, with over 11,000 active satellites and nearly 40,000 pieces of debris in low Earth orbit. But Los Alamos National Laboratory has just demonstrated a new, patented technology called…

Webinars

Global Navigation System microsatellite observatories hovering in space

Launch Site Selection Using Inland Commercial Spaceports for Constellation Deployment

As nontraditional, inland spaceports start to become operational, there is a need to understand the viability of deploying satellite constellations from these potential commercial offerings for launching. This work investigates how utilizing a small launch…

A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache helicopter

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

Image of warfighters traversing urban terrain with an unmanned vehicle.

Future Force Capabilities Conference & Exhibition

The NDIA 2025 Future Forces Capabilities Conference & Exhibition will discuss how new technologies and capabilities will influence future military operations. The conference will provide a platform for collaboration between the defense industry and military…

One naval vessel and eleven aircraft traveling over a body of water.

2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference

Join NDIA and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for the 2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference. This event promises to deliver a platform for collaboration, innovation, and exploration of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)…

Military First Responders holding a fire hose for fire control operations.

2025 National Fire Control Symposium

The National Fire Control Symposium (NFCS) is a tri-service supported event with technical program lead advisory rotating among the services. The U.S. Navy will provide lead technical advisorship for the March 2025 event in its…