High-Temperature/Lower Cost Appliqu¿ Material

"Applique materials under development for the past seven years have demonstrated the potential to replace current spray applied polyurethane topcoats on high performance military aircraft with significant savings in initial cost and in-servicesupportability through elimination of hazardous materials associated with conventional paint /depaint operations. Next generation aircraft will require higher temperature appliques. These new appliques should also be self-priming to obtain maximum costsavings.Foster-Miller proposes developing a new high temperature self-priming applique topcoat system that will meet all the requirements for the JSF and other new aircraft. To accomplish this,Foster-Miller has assembled a team of the leading technical expertsin aircraft applique technology including Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, a leader in aircraft applique development, PATCO, a leading speciality adhesive tape manufacturer, and CORTEC, developer of unique corrosion inhibitors . During Phase I the team willselect and modify the requisite materials to demonstrate an applique that is self-priming and that can meet the high temperature operating environment as well as all other specifications for a topcoat material. Phase II will focus on optimizing the systemand lab and field testing leading to early commercial deployment for military use during Phase III. (P-020018) Successful development of the proposed applique will lead to total life cycle