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Weapons system readiness and safety are among the highest priority challenges for the Department of Defense (DoD). As it continues to receive a large number of mission taskings, it is imperative that DoD equipment be maintained at an acceptable level of material condition so that it may be employed safely and effectively when required, often in harsh and physically demanding environments. However, both the material condition and safety of DoD equipment are routinely being undermined by the effects of corrosion. The dollar cost of corrosion to DoD has been estimated by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to be $10-20 billion per year. Aggressive action is needed at every stage in the life cycle of this equipment during design, materials selection, construction, operation, and maintenance to reduce the negative effects of corrosion. At the request of the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USDAT & L) and the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, the Defense Science Board (DSB) formed a task force to address corrosion control efforts within the DoD. There are two major areas of concern with respect to corrosion for DoD the Services' weapon systems, including platforms, electronics and munitions, and the supporting infrastructure, including facilities, bases, and ports. Due to the direct impact of weapon system corrosion on combat readiness, the Task Force focused its attention on the former, although both areas are critical to DoD, and much of the subsequent discussion applies to both.
Weapons system readiness and safety are among the highest priority challenges for the Department of Defense (DoD). As it continues to receive a large number of mission taskings, it is imperative that DoD equipment be maintained at an acceptable level of material condition so that it may be employed safely and effectively when required, often in harsh and physically demanding environments. However, both the material condition and safety of DoD equipment are routinely being undermined by the effects of corrosion. The dollar cost of corrosion to DoD has been estimated by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to be $10-20 billion per year. Aggressive action is needed at every stage in the life cycle of this equipment during design, materials selection, construction, operation, and maintenance to reduce the negative effects of corrosion. At the request of the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USDAT & L) and the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, the Defense Science Board (DSB) formed a task force to address corrosion control efforts within the DoD. There are two major areas of concern with respect to corrosion for DoD the Services' weapon systems, including platforms, electronics and munitions, and the supporting infrastructure, including facilities, bases, and ports. Due to the direct impact of weapon system corrosion on combat readiness, the Task Force focused its attention on the former, although both areas are critical to DoD, and much of the subsequent discussion applies to both.
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Corrosion Control compiled this report to assess on-going corrosion control efforts across the DoD. Emphasizes the importance of leadership commitment & proper incentives for ensuring corrosion is considered early & often in decisions & recommends 2 major policy shifts. First, to change the basis of acquisition decisions from procurement cost to Life Cycle Cost. Second, to take various steps to provide standards & metrics that will allow data-based decisions. There were 5 areas of recommendations: leadership commitment & policy; design & manufacturing practices; maintenance practices; funding & management, & scientific basis for prevention/mitigation of corrosion. Illus.
Corrosion costs the DoD over $23 billion annually, affects both equipment and facilities, and threatens personnel safety. DoD has taken steps to improve its corrosion prevention and control (CPC) efforts. These efforts include reorganizing the Corrosion Office (CO) and instituting Corrosion Exec. positions in each of the military departments. This report evaluated to what extent: (1) the Corrosion Exec. are involved in preparing CPC project proposals for submission; (2) the CO has created a process to review and select projects for funding; and (3) the military departments have validated the return on investment for funded projects. Also reviewed the process the CO uses to determine the CPC activities that it will fund. Illus. A print on demand report.
Aerial refueling capabilities are an essential enabler of U.S. power projection and other critic at national missions. OPERATIONS ENDURING and IRAQI FREEDOM (OEF and OIF) could not have happened without these aerial refueling capabilities. Aerial refueling makes possible rapid deployment of forces to contingencies and the elective employment of those forces in the contingencies. In OIF there were over 8500 aerial refueling sorties flown and about 450 million pounds of fuel off loaded. In addition, aerial refueling remains a critical element in supporting the bomber leg of U.S. nuclear forces and other special national security missions. The task force was charged to evaluate current aerial refueling capability and to identify and evaluate alternative means of meeting future aerial refueling requirements.
House Report 109-360. This report is part of the legislative history of "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, Public Law 109-163."
The field of corrosion science and engineering is on the threshold of important advances. Advances in lifetime prediction and technological solutions, as enabled by the convergence of experimental and computational length and timescales and powerful new modeling techniques, are allowing the development of rigorous, mechanistically based models from observations and physical laws. Despite considerable progress in the integration of materials by design into engineering development of products, corrosion considerations are typically missing from such constructs. Similarly, condition monitoring and remaining life prediction (prognosis) do not at present incorporate corrosion factors. Great opportunities exist to use the framework of these materials design and engineering tools to stimulate corrosion research and development to achieve quantitative life prediction, to incorporate state-of-the-art sensing approaches into experimentation and materials architectures, and to introduce environmental degradation factors into these capabilities. Research Opportunities in Corrosion Science and Engineering identifies grand challenges for the corrosion research community, highlights research opportunities in corrosion science and engineering, and posits a national strategy for corrosion research. It is a logical and necessary complement to the recently published book, Assessment of Corrosion Education, which emphasized that technical education must be supported by academic, industrial, and government research. Although the present report focuses on the government role, this emphasis does not diminish the role of industry or academia.