Current Areas of Research

Although the Section is a primary test and evaluation site for the Commands and the Fleet, there are several areas which tie directly into the realm of applied research. These areas include:

• ONR FNC for Maintenance Reduction Technologies for shipboard coatings.
  
  
• ONR FNC on Single Coat Rapid Cure coatings systems for ship tanks
  
  
• ONR D&I for Sprayable damping coatings
  
  
• Solvent free high edge coverage ballast tank coatings
  
  
• Increase current service life for increased cost savings, and reduction in hazardous material emission during ship’s life
  
  
• Development of Novel resin technology for advanced Navy Applications
  
  
• Pleural Component Spray technology and Powder Coatings application
  
  
• Coatings Fingerprinting
  
  
• S & T on new Antifoulant Coatings Technology to replace Cu-based Technology
  
  
• New resin technology