42 Technology and applied research to support supply chain initiatives in both defense and commercial sectors, addressing approached to optimize planning for engineering upgrades; expansion of research efforts in new technology deployments, systems engineering, long-term data retention, electro-mechanical manufacturing, enterprise integration and interoperability challenges; build and manage consortiums of experts relating to cyber security and research alliances in the field of metal casting, forging, fabrication, manufacturing of complex assembles; computer services, namely, healthcare management information systems and information protection technology systems