The depot provides extensive maintenance and engineering support to Navy and Marine Corps aviation, as well as other armed services, federal agencies and foreign governments. All program elements within the life cycle of a weapon system are represented at NADEP Cherry Point. In addition, a wide range of depot services are performed. The depot is the Navy's center of excellence for rotary wing aircraft and provides engineering and logistics support for all Navy helicopters. The depot's Naval Engine Airfoil Center is the Navy's "Focused Factory," constructed and staffed to develop and accomplish unique DoD and Department of Navy repairs on jet engine gas path components. 11. Outstanding Pollution and Safety Deficiencies ($000): a Pollution Abatement (*): $ 5966 b. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) (#): $ 0 Form DD 1390 Submitted to Congress Page No. 170 (4793) EQUIPMENT FROM OTHER APPROPRIATIONS (NON_ADD) 10. Description of Proposed Construction Construct a V-22 Prop Rotor Blade Repair Facility. Construct a hazardous waste storage building and a hazardous waste storage shelter. Built-in equipment will include five 1ton bridge crane rails, an exhaust collection, filtration and recovery system, a bonding room vacuum system, compressor system, dry pipe sprinkler system, rooftop mechanical equipment, and information system heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. Supporting facilities will include the demolition of 60 year old Building 134, totaling 125 square meters (1,345 square feet), and its adjoining sheltered berm, totaling 299 square meters (3,219 square feet) which combined are a deteriorated, antiquated hazardous waste storage facility that occupies the proposed construction site for the new V-22 blade facility. Environmental mitigations will include provisions for storm water control and contaminated soil removal. Special construction features will include land pilings, explosion proofing, and a static balance fixture isolation pad. Sustainable design will be integrated into the design, development, and construction of the project. This project constructs a permanent V-22 Prop/Rotor Blade Facility and includes the demolition and replacement construction of a 60 year old hazardous waste building/shelter. (New Mission) REQUIREMENT: Permanent facilities are required to provide for depot level maintenance and repair capabilities on the V-22 Prop /Rotor Blades. The V-22 Program Manager Aircraft (PMA) is procuring $4.6 MIL of special Support Equipment (SE) specifically for this requirement, which must be installed in this facility. The Government Support Date (CSD) for the V-22 is Jan 2010, when the depot must be fully capable of performing depot-level repairs. Meeting the required GSD will require that this facility be constructed no later than January 2009 so that there is at least one year available before the GSD to install all equipment, ensure everything works as planned, and begin and successfully complete the depot capability establishment process (train artisans, develop work procedures, produce prototype blade/rotor repairs). This facility will house two new major pieces of equipment required for depot capability. The first is a Static Balance Fixture which is required to provide precision support, alignment, and measured and recorded weight/balance data to maintain blade assembly balance. The second is an Abrasion Strip Fixture that is required to apply heat and pressure to the blade assembly leading edge abrasion strip during the bonding process. CURRENT SITUATION: Neither Other than Bell Helicopter's manufacturing plant in Fort Worth, Texas, there are no other facilities in existence that have the capability to repair and static balance the V-22 Prop Rotor Blades. The Navy expects to contract with Bell to perform needed repairs until FY2009, after which schedules require Bell to concentrate solely on manufacturing new aircraft, and repairs to be done at NAVAIRDEPOT Cherry Point. NAVAIRDEPOT Cherry Point nor it's host station MCAS Cherry Point have facilities available to accommodate this requirement. Therefore, a new repair facility is required to be constructed by January 2009, and equipment installed and capability established by January 2010, to avoid jeopardizing fleet readiness. IMPACT IP NOT PROVIDED: 22 prop /rotor blades. NAVAIRDEPOT Cherry Point will not be capable of repairing the VV-22 logistics plans call for aircraft production to be at a lower rate FY2004-2007, which allows for the planned, concurrent repairs at Bell-Boeing. By 2010 when Cherry Point is required to be capable, the new aircraft schedule will have increased to its full annual rate, and there is expected to be little available capacity for repairs at Bell-Boeing. Without a new facility, the $4.6M of support equipment being procured cannot be accommodated. Without depot capability to repair the V-22 prop rotor blades, fleet readiness for the Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy will be adversely impacted, and the cost for repairs to the Fleet will be considerably higher as commercial labor rates are substantially higher than NAVAIRDEPOT Cherry Point's. B. Equipment associated with this project which will be provided from other appropriations: Form 1 Dec 76 Cost 1391 C Submitted to Congress |