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PRODUCT FOCUS: LUBRICANTS & CHEMICALS
How Naval Aviation is Combatting Its
Billion-Dollar Corrosion Problem
by Rebecca Kanable
C
orrosion can be an expensive problem. For the
Navy, the cost of corrosion maintenance from
2017-2020-for its F/A-18C-G fleet alone-was
more than $2 billion. That cost doesn't include
the costs for treating corrosion on other aircraft
or ships in service.
The problem of corrosion is so significant that in 2020,
the Navy identified it as naval aviation's No. 1 systemic degrader
across the fleet. In other words, it's the top issue eroding overall
performance of the Navy.
Since 2020, the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
(NAWCAD) in Patuxent River, Maryland, has been leading a
campaign against corrosion. Working with other system commands
including the Commander, Fleet Readiness Center and the
Naval Air Systems Command, NAWCAD established a Corrosion
Management Board (CMB) to guide strategy, address challenges,
identify barriers, and track actions and outcomes across the Navy.
Initiatives of the board include corrosion monitoring, training
and the use of corrosion mitigation products developed by
NAWCAD.
" Corrosion is almost like a cancer, " said NAWCAD chemist Dr. El
Sayed Arafat, who retired in 2021. " If nothing is done to stop it, it keeps
going until it's too late to fix. " Before joining NAWCAD, the physical
chemist never thought much about corrosion. Working at NAWCAD's
Corrosion and Wear Branch for more than two decades, it became
his specialty.
With funding from the Office of Naval Research and the Defense
Logistics Agency, Arafat and his team developed Navguard, a unique
corrosion prevention compound formulation that makes a family
of aircraft cleaning, coating and lubricant products to prevent rust
and mildew on aircraft and their components.
The U.S. patents within the Navguard family are:
* Oleaginous Corrosion Resistant Composition, issued in 2010
* Oleaginous Corrosion & Mildew-Inhibiting Composition,
issued in 2010
* Corrosion Preventative Compositions (NAVGUARD DRY IV),
issued in 2021
While Arafat trademarked the name " Navguard, " NAWCAD is
not associated with any commercial company producing products
with this name or products similar to that name.
A materials engineer
from the Naval Air
Warfare Center Aircraft
Division prepares to
spray a qualified paint
product in a corrosion
lab at Naval Air Station
Patuxent River.
CHARLES FREEMAN/U.S.
NAVY
38 MAY/JUNE 2022
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So What?
Industry Inspection
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The Hunt for Parts
An Inconvenient Truth
Getting Aircraft on Ground Flying Again
In the Post-Pandemic World, General Aviation is Taking Off
The Dos and Don'ts of Communication System Maintenance
Basler Turbo Conversions Makes the Old New Again
A Promising Outlook for General Aviation
How Naval Aviation is Combatting Its Billion- Dollar Corrosion Problem
Advertiser’s Index
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May_June_2022 - Getting Aircraft on Ground Flying Again
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May_June_2022 - In the Post-Pandemic World, General Aviation is Taking Off
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May_June_2022 - The Dos and Don'ts of Communication System Maintenance
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May_June_2022 - A Promising Outlook for General Aviation
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May_June_2022 - How Naval Aviation is Combatting Its Billion- Dollar Corrosion Problem
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