Aircraft operating in harsh, humid, and saltwater environments face a constant and severe threat from corrosion, often requiring maintenance practices that exceed standard guidelines. Proactive ...

New direct to metal corrosion prevention product from a leading manufacturing company. 3M™ 9143FR is a 43 mil thick tape designed to provide a corrosion preventative sealing layer between aircraft ...

"It's simple - corrosion affects readiness," said NAS Jax Airfield Facilities Manager Doug Chaney at the new rinse rack for P-8A, P-3C, C-40A and C-130T aircraft based at the station. "Corrosion ...

FAA is recommending aircraft corrosion prevention and control programs (CPCP) for aircraft operators at a cost estimated at $80 million over 20 years. In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) ...

The Corpus Christi Army Depot broke ground Monday on a new state of the art aircraft corrosion control facility at Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi. The 77,000 square foot structure will allow the ...

Before joining the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), physical chemist Dr. El Sayed Arafat had never really thought much about corrosion. But over the next two decades, it became his ...

AT first believed immune, aluminum alloys have been found extremely susceptible to both surface corrosion and intercrystalline corrosion. The latter goes on under paint that has been applied to ...

Parking planes during the pandemic doesn't mean technicians ignore them until airlines are ready to fly again. A great deal of mechanical support work, including electrical checks and engine starts, ...

CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT, Texas (Dec. 23, 2013) -- Corpus Christi Army Depot, the core of Army aviation's maintenance, repair and overhaul for helicopters, engines and components, broke ground on a ...

The US Navy has spent decades perfecting the art of keeping planes aloft in a hostile and corrosive environment—mostly through extremely rigorous maintenance. Operating aircraft at sea presents ...