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Volume 3, No. 2
Summer 2007
- Services Work to Reduce Maintenance Costs and Raise Helicopter Readiness
The Navy's fleet of SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters provides vital support to Navy aircraft carrier missions, a kind of support that fighter aircraft cannot provide. Regular maintenance of the rotorcraft is extremely important, however. The corrosion of magnesium components, especially the magnesium gearboxes, has presented an ongoing problem for the Sea Hawk. But the Navy is not alone. Army, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard helicopters experience similar problems. To tackle the problem effectively, the Services have joined to find a common solution. Ben Craig's in-depth feature reviews the efforts of one joint service team as they solve the persistent problem of magnesium gearboxes on DoD helicopters.
- GAO Suggests Corrosion Prevention Should be Knitted into DoD's Cultural Fabric
The Government Accountability Office's recent audit of the corrosion prevention efforts of the U.S. military has yielded a host of fruitful recommendations. Notably, the GAO office suggests that DoD make corrosion prevention a key part of its mission to build and repair weapon systems and infrastructure. This article reviews pivotal recommendations from the most recent GAO report and the DoD's response.
- The DoD Corrosion Office Releases its DoD Corrosion Report for Congress
The public can now view the most recent DoD Corrosion Report submitted to Congress for 2007. The report, formerly known as the Report to Congress, surveys all DoD goals and efforts to reduce corrosion on military equipment and infrastructure.
- Entertainment Producer Creates New Videos for DoD Corrosion Office
When the DoD Corrosion Office needed a way to communicate its mission to the general public, it searched for a partner. Bruno White Entertainment has filled that role nicely. The versatile rich media company began a partnership with the DoD Corrosion Office in 2007. Now the two organizations are producing videos and other media that tell the public how DoD is waging war against corrosion.
- Bruno White Entertainment—A Rich Media Company—Is Versatile in a Competitive Marketplace
Bruno White Entertainment began a fruitful partnership with DoD to create new corrosion awareness videos. Bruno White provides production services for the world's largest entertainment companies. But fierce competition exists in the entertainment industry. So what is the secret of Bruno White's success? Finding a specialty and sticking to it, says Lorri Berglund, the company's executive vice president. Read more about how Bruno White Entertainment has found a niche that makes it stand apart from other production companies.
- DoD Releases Landmark Cost of Corrosion Study
DoD has completed data analysis for the first phase of a landmark Cost of Corrosion Study. A newly released report on phase one estimates the cost of corrosion for Army ground vehicles and Navy ships. The DoD Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight is sponsoring the multi-phase study and LMI Government Consulting has prepared the report. Read more about the results of the report and details of the study's second phase, which addresses the cost of corrosion for DoD infrastructure, Marine Corps ground vehicles, and Army aircraft and missiles.
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