The goal of the GGMNS project is to develop an API to serve as a programming guideline for researchers developing new unstructured meshing techniques. AFRL and other agencies often fund such development with the hope that the new techniques will be incorporated into meshing applications for the benefit of the end user. However, without a standard API, the software implementation of meshing research often requires considerable rework for integration into existing software. The rework is often sufficiently large that integration is never attempted or completed, and the end-user never benefits from the results of the research. A standard API would also benefit meshing researchers by allowing them to use existing meshing applications as frameworks for their research, rather than spending resources developing their own application frameworks.

Frank Witzeman, Chief of the Computational Sciences Center of Excellence, AFRL, states that "the GGMNS project has great potential for mutual benefit across many labs, the aerospace industry, and eventually the commercial sector. AFRL is a leader in fostering such innovative research, and the Pointwise team is providing us an excellent mix of expertise in software engineering, mesh generation and industrial application."