Missile Corrosion Prevention and Control

Abstract

INTRODUCTION TO CORROSION: Why Are You Here? United States General Accounting Office (GAO) estimated the cost of corrosion to the DoD to be between $9 and $20 Billion annually * The Annual Cost of Corrosion for Army Aviation and Missile Equipment: Report SKT50T3 June 2007 * $1.6 Billion estimated annual corrosion maintenance cost to the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) * The Annual Cost of Corrosion for Army Ground Vehicles and Navy Ships: Report SKT50T1 April 2006. Over $2 Billion estimated annual corrosion maintenance cost to Army ground vehicles * US Air Force estimates $4.5 million spent over last 3 years on defected corrosive Ammunition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA532671

Entities

People

  • Donald Smallwood
  • Steven F. Carr

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Aviation
  • Coatings
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Fungi
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Materials
  • Protective Coatings
  • Training
  • United States
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting