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AIR FORCE Teams With Industry to Further Aircraft and Radome Coating Research

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  • AF T3
  • CONTRACT NUMBER: 16-253-RX-01
  • COMPANY NAME: Compass Technology Group, Roswell, GA
  • TECHNICAL PROJECT OFFICE: AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, WPAFB, OH

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and a small business are partnering to advance critical aircraft coatings.

Under a cooperative research and development agreement, also known as a CRADA, the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) loaned a small-scale Microwave Mapping Transparency Sensor System to Georgia-based Compass Technology Group. The system was created to test that aircraft canopy coatings are preventing microwave energy from getting into the cockpit and the company will use it to conduct further nondestructive evaluation testing on aircraft and radome coatings.

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