Thanks to advanced engineering and high quality materials, steel-framed fabric structures are far stronger, and much more durable, than most people realize.
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If you’ve spent time on a Chinook, you’ve most likely experienced the sagging blanket problem - blankets that have pulled free of the airframe and sag from the ceiling and side panels.
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Understandably, most people think first about what a cover keeps out, but what’s arguably even more important is what it lets out.
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Data is an essential tool in the fight against corrosion. You might have all the right facilities, and all the right equipment, but you can only be assured of success if you have also have the right data.
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We often talk about being “problem-centric” not “product-centric” because we know that the real business we’re in is not selling products but solving problems.
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Making Cocoon’s ITAB lightweight, air-permeable, hydrophobic, and oleophobic took years of painstaking R&D, but the end result hasn’t just modernized aviation blankets, it’s revolutionized them.
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It’s hard to overstate the importance of a protective cover being freeze-proof. When a cover freezes, it gains weight and takes on the shape of what it’s covering.
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Readiness isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. When our troops are asked to answer the call, they need to know their equipment will be ready.
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Usage and fatigue are the primary factors in determining the lifespan of an asset. Usage is typically a pretty straightforward measure of flight hours, mileage, engine hours, years, etc. Fatigue is not as easily measured.
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Both Mother Nature and man-made hazards put unrelenting pressure on every asset in the military. Your vehicles, aircraft, equipment, weapons systems, parts, are all vulnerable to humidity, pollution, UV radiation, temperature fluctuations - you name it.
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At the heart of our work, whether it’s developing a new cover, or designing a hangar, is a deep understanding of the problems you’re trying to solve, the needs you’re trying to address, the challenges you face.
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Chances are good you think of insulation that goes inside a building. But our partner Rubb discovered it’s better to think outside the building when it comes to insulating steel-framed fabric buildings.
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Making a high-performance aviation blanket that’s lightweight is difficult enough. But the real challenge is to keep it from gaining weight over time.
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We want to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the remarkable work that was done this year by emergency personnel, healthcare workers, the military, and everyone else who has responded to this year’s crisis so unselfishly and tirelessly.
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Ulysses Grant became President of the United States in 1869 and signed a Proclamation making Christmas a National Holiday in 1870.
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Weapons systems, aircraft, vehicles, they’re all becoming more sophisticated - which means they’re all becoming more sensitive and susceptible to corrosion.
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There aren’t many structures that offer the range of benefits you’ll find in a steel-framed fabric structure.
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According to the DoD Corrosion Policy Office, 60-80% of an asset’s lifecycle costs are in operations and sustainment. Put another way, a $2 million asset may cost an additional $8 million to operate and maintain.
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During a year of unprecedented challenge, one thing has become clear to everyone who works or volunteers with Operation Gratitude. Grateful Americans, whether they wear a uniform or civilian clothes, want to serve our country, and they want to serve one another.
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Cocoon’s Improved Thermal Acoustic Blanket (ITAB) for the CH-47 manages to combine properties that on the surface seem incompatible. It took years of R&D, but thanks to a lot of trial and error, and some highly technical new textiles, we were able to make possible what at first seemed impossible.
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