Laboratory Information:
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW)
NAS North Island
P.O. Box 357058
San Diego, CA 92135-7058
Website: http://www.navair.navy.mil/frcsw/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.navair.navy.mil/frcsw/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Defense - Navy
Region: Far West
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Christopher Root
Phone: 619-545-0626
Fax: (619) 545-4765
Email: chris.root@navy.mil
Background/History of the Laboratory:
FRCSW traces its heritage to 1919, when the Navy began
repairing aircraft at what is now known as Naval Air Station
North Island.
Since its humble beginnings almost a century ago, the
facility has been at the forefront of weapon system
sustainment, providing innovative Naval Aviation maintenance
solutions utilizing the latest technologies. Today, as the Navy’s
premiere west coast Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO)
facility, FRCSW specializes in the maintenance, engineering
and logistics support for a wide range of high-performance
aircraft; servicing more that 225 airframes and 35,000
components annually.
In an effort to expand awareness and create new opportunities
in the technology transfer arena, FRCSW was designated
Federal Laboratory status by Office of Naval Research In
November 2010.
This new designation allows FRCSW to collaborate with
businesses and academic institutions in order to facilitate
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) and
Educational Partnerships Agreements (EPAs) to improve
technology transfer both in and out of the Department of
Defense.
Mission of the Laboratory:
With a long standing tradition of innovative and cost
effective solutions, FRCSW provides quality aviation
maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) readiness support to
U.S. and select foreign military customers, and MRO partners.
Blending talented and diverse civilian and military
personnel, the latest technologies, streamlined processes,
and continuous improvements provides a solid foundation for
our “can-do” philosophy. Our creative approach to
providing readiness support through our distributed
maintenance capabilities enables fast response, high quality,
targeted turnaround time, and cost effective MRO services
saving time and money for our customers and the
taxpayer.
Facilities:
-
Navy Primary Standards Laboratory
-
Materials Laboratory including Failure Analysis and Testing
capability
-
Full Manufacturing Capabilities
-
Composites Structures Inspection and Repair including
several autoclaves
-
Non Destructive Inspection equipment including Real-Time
X-ray, UT
-
Automated Test Equipment Design and Repair
-
Coordinate Measuring Machines, Portable CMMs and Laser
Scanning
-
3D printing with SLA, SLS, & FDM
-
Aircraft De-paint and Paint Facilities
-
Mobile Facilities Design and Fabrication
-
Airframe and Components Maintenance and Repair (F/A-18,
E-2, C-2, V-22, H-60, H-53, UH-1/AH-1, H-46, EA-6B, EA-18G,
P-3)
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Commercial Service Agrrement (CSA)
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Educational Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
- Material Transfer Agreements
- Patent License Agreements
- Work For Private Party Agreements
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Advanced Composites
- Analytical Chemistry
- Communications
- Corrosion
- Radars
- Sensors
- Accident Investigation
- Aerospace Equipment Maintenance and Sustainment
- Aging Aircraft Affects
- Airborne Software Development
- Aircraft Accident Investigations
- Aircraft Electrical Power
- Aircraft Hydraulics
- Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Fleet Technical Support
- Aircraft Modification and Repair
- Aircraft Preservation
- Aircraft Tires
- Aircraft Welding
- Aircraft Wiring Design, Analysis, & Integration
- Automated Test Equipment,
- Aviation Bearings
- Avionics Test Program Sets
- Composite Materials and Repair
- Computers & Mission Software
- Critical Item Management (CIM)
- Electronic Warfare
- Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FEMCA)
- Fatigue
- Flight Instruments
- Fluids Analysis
- Industrial and Operational Chemicals
- Lean, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints
- Manufacturing and Processing
- Mobile Maintenance Facilities
- Navigation
- Non Destructive Evaluation
- Propulsion Systems
- Reliability & Maintainability (R&M)
- Secondary Power/Auxiliary Power Units
- Shipboard Engines
- Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Structural and Subsystems Failure Analysis
- Structural Modifications
- Tooling Design
- Troubleshoot Subsystems Operational Discrepancies and Malfunctions
- Vibration Analysis and Suppression
