CTMA Project #: 142140
Problem: Corrosion is an insidious problem across the globe costing industry, governments and the public billions of dollars each year to prevent and remediate while simultaneously taking critical equipment and infrastructure out of service. Improved processes are needed to prevent corrosion throughout the design, manufacturing, and maintenance and sustainment of fielded equipment and infrastructure in order to maintain high confidence in them.
Benefit: The processes delivered under this project are expected to be adaptable to any public or private entity seeking to improve sustainment of its assets and reduce the negative impacts of corrosion.
Solution/Approach: This project will use the Army’s CPC program as a surrogate to large complex commercial organizations working to improve how they detect, track, manufacture, prevent, and remediate the effects of corrosion in efforts to field systems and equipment that is more reliable, durable, cost effective and most importantly, safer. The intent of this project is to develop best practice technical and business process solutions to effectively address corrosion throughout the lifecycle of fielded equipment and infrastructure. It will explore a series of new or improved processes and corresponding metrics that demonstrate and measure the effectiveness of the Army-wide CPC program.
Impact on Warfighter:
- Identify existing processes or introduce new processes
- Reduce corrosion-related maintenance costs
- Decrease sustainment costs
- Improve warfighter readiness and safety
DOD Participation:
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Navy (observer)
- U.S. Air Force (observer)
- Office of the Secretary of Defense (observer)
Industry Participation:
- Jensen Hughes
- NCMS
Benefit Area(s):
- Cost savings
- Maintenance avoidance and reliability
- Safety
- Improved readiness
- Reliability improvement
Focus Area:
- Coatings and corrosion prevention
