Air Force Policy Directive 63-1 “Acquisition and Sustainment Life Cycle Management” points out that “all programs shall consider corrosion implications.” Even Congress understands the importance of corrosion mitigation with various publications such as DoDI 5000.67 “Prevention and Mitigation of Corrosion on DoD Military Equipment and Infrastructure.” It is vital for corrosion to be included in SLIM during the planning stages of SLIM Policies & Guidance and Acquisition Guidance & Templates stages as outlined in SLIM Timeline Long Term for FY 2010 and FY 2011.
It is for these reasons that engineering must engage corrosion prevention and control during the acquisition phases. Corrosion mitigation and repair results in increased cost and significant reduction of Ao. Results have shown that programs who address corrosion initially have huge savings in life cycle and mission readiness.