NTT

NTT is an initialism for the Nahuatl term for "experimental design division" (𐑌𐐯𐐷𐐯𐐷𐐯𐐿𐐬𐑊𐐨𐑆𐐻𐑊𐐨 𐐻𐑊𐐰𐐷𐐬𐑊𐐻𐐯𐐬𐐸𐐶𐐨𐑊𐑊𐐨 𐐻𐑊𐐰𐑇𐐯𐑊𐐬𐑊𐐨𐑆𐐻𐑊𐐨, Neyeyecoliztli Tlayolteohuilli Tlaxeloliztli), a type of state operated engineering and design firm usually in the advanced technology sectors. The NTT program was established by the Zacapine government in the 1920s to for the purposes of advancing technology in areas overlooked by commercial engineering firms concerned with the immediate viability of potential designs, producing innovative and unorthodox designs and technological advancements that could be put to use across many industrial sectors of the Zacapine economy. The Zacapine military establishment quickly co-opted the NTT program as a vehicle for the pursuit of weapons engineering and the advancement of technology for military applications. An NTT firm is relatively small-scale, consisting of a design team and sufficient resources to produce working prototypes of their designs for military proposals and testing for civilian applications.

The number of active NTTs expanded quickly between 1944 and 1964 during the era of diversification and expansion of the Zacapine industry, even becoming active in the Zacapine space exploration program with research and development in the field of aerospace. By the 1990s however, the number of NTT firms producing new designs began to present a significant drain on the state coffers of the United Zacapine Republics. This prompted the state to pursue a more intensive monetization scheme for its NTT firms and the designs they produce, creating a uniform system for the collection of a share of profits from calpolli corporations utilizing NTT-formulated design documents. In 1999, the Zacapine authorized the practice of contracting the services of NTT designers internationally as engineering firms as an additional means to compensate for their operating costs. The resulting increase in workload reduced the throughput of many NTTs, requiring them to increase their design staff and grow in size in order to handle the for-profit engineering contracts as well as their own internal projects.

List of active NTTs

• NTT 59 - Small arms designer.
• MTT 64 - Small arms designer.
• NTT 71 - Artillery designer responsible for design of rifled and unrifled canons.
• NTT 75 - Aircraft designer.
• NTT 90 - Naval gun designer.
• NTT 93 - Maritime propulsion research and development.
• NTT 94 - Torpedo design and engineering unit.
• NTT 97 - Ekranoplan designer, responsible for TC-14 and TC-26 military ekranoplan models.
• NTT 99 - Seaplane designer, amphibious aircraft engineering.
• NTT 102 - Military vehicle designer, known for the O74 main battle tank and its variants.
• NTT 114 - Military vehicle designer, known for the O17 and ZTA light tank.
• NTT 144 - Aircraft and aerospace designer, formed from the military aircraft division of Aztatl Association.
• NTT 331 - Nuclear engineering with focus on medical radiology equipment and radiotherapy technology.
• NTT 390 - Hydrogen fuel cell engineering unit, formerly hydrogen propulsion experimentation unit.
• NTT 401 - Cryogenics research and design with focus on hydrogen fuel transportation.
• NTT 442 - Nuclear engineering with focus on boiling water reactor design.
• NTT 444 - Nuclear engineering with focus on pressurized water reactor design for use in civilian power plants.
• NTT 447 - Nuclear engineering with focus on PWR design for naval applications.
• NTT 709 - Artificial intelligence and machine learning research unit.