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Hard Chrome Alternatives Team
Joint Group on Pollution Prevention
Propulsion Environmental Working Group
PROGRAM REVIEW MEETING
28-30 August 2001
Toronto, Canada
Acknowledgments Principal HCAT Program Sponsors
• Department of Defense
Environmental Security
Technology Certification
Program
• Department of Defense
Joint Group on
Pollution Prevention
• Department of Defense
Propulsion Environmental
Working Group
Sustainability and Maintenance
Activities
• Concept of sustainability means minimization of the use of natural
resources and the generation of waste
• All maintenance actions require utilization of natural resources
(raw materials for replacement parts, non-renewable energy for
repair, materials for coating, welding, machining, etc.) and
generation of industrial or hazardous waste (cutting fluids, aqueous
waste from plating and machining, contaminated solvents, oily
rags, vapors)
• The extent to which maintenance actions can be reduced through
localized rather than general repair and/or brought closer to
operational location of platform enhances sustainability
• Beyond maintenance actions, there are also many components that
have no repair options and thus are discarded, generating waste
and requiring spare part availability
Current Status of Military Aircraft
• In AF, current overall average age of 6,300 aircraft is 22 years
(fighters 14 yrs., bombers 24 yrs., airlift 25 years, tankers 38 yrs.)
and expected to grow to 30 years by 2020
• Adm. Blair, CINCPAC, recently testified to Congress that his
command would need several hundred million dollars in
supplemental funding primarily to address shortages of depot-level
parts for aging aircraft
• In FY2001, AF added $1 billion to its budget for “repairable” parts
and has requested additional $1.1 billion for FY2002
• Many times, part needed for repair is not in stock and must be
cannibalized from other aircraft or wait for rebuilt part from
depot; many suppliers no longer make repair parts
• Repairing engine components makes up half of increased cost,
with F-15 responsible for $258 million in increase
Surface Engineering
• Surface engineering technologies, selected based
on performance and ability to be implemented,
can impact both sustainability, cost and
readiness
• The projects being executed by the HCAT in
partnership with JG-PP, PEWG and the
services represent the ideal for pollutionprevention-related dem/val, namely the
marriage of environmental benefit with total
cost reduction and readiness enhancement
Hard Chrome Plating
Replacement Projects
• Landing Gear (HCAT, C-HCAT, JG-PP, Air Force,
Navy, OEMs)
• Propeller Hubs (HCAT, JG-PP, Air Force, Navy,
OEM)
• Gas Turbine Engines (HCAT, PEWG, Air Force,
Navy, OEMs)
• Hydraulic Actuators (HCAT, JG-PP, Air Force,
Navy, OEMs)
• Helicopter Dynamic Components (HCAT, JG-PP,
Navy, Army,
OEMs)
Next HCAT Meeting
5-7 March 2002
Jacksonville, Florida
Will include tour of Naval Aviation Depot
Hotel information will be sent to HCAT Distribution List
in September 2001