Something you can’t miss when you’re in the heart of INDOPACOM is that the climate represents one of the forces you’re fighting. Some combination of heat, humidity, salt air, and precipitation are attacking your assets everyday.
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Contrary to popular belief, the earth is not closer to the sun during the summer. In fact, it’s farther away. But you’ll notice that the sun sits higher in the sky during warmer months. So what does this have to do with protective covers?
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We asked a popular chat bot whether atmospheric corrosion represents a threat to national security.
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Form, fit, and function are separate and inseparable all at the same time. They are each an aspect of cover design but inextricably tied together.
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Cocoon President Chip Crotty was invited by the Adjutant General of the Guam National Guard to pay a visit for the purpose of troubleshooting and brainstorming corrosion issues and solutions. Joining Chip from Cocoon was Business Development specialist Roy Barrett.
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Over a ten-year period LMI calculated that corrosion was the cause of nearly 6 million Non-Available Days (NADs) for Army Ground Vehicles.
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Cocoon is pleased to announce that Steve Houten and Scott Gould have joined the company’s sales team.
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Today’s protective covers are technical textiles consisting of multiple layers, so your evaluation has to be more than skin deep. You’ll want to know not only what the layers are, but how they function.
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Turrets are notorious for leaking, no matter what kind of vehicle they’re on. Aside from being unpleasant, and potentially unhealthy (mold and mildew), leakage can do real damage to the vehicle.
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Cocoon South, based just outside Asheville, North Carolina has moved to a larger facility to better support its textile development efforts.
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At first glance it might seem odd to suggest that ink is a crucial element in steel-framed fabric structures. After all, the structure is made up of the steel frame and the fabric membrane.
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Yes, cost avoidance is an enormous benefit. But what gets overshadowed by those staggering dollar figures is all the other benefits you get.
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For a long time protective covers left a lot to be desired. Advances in technical textiles have changed all that, but in some ways it’s even harder to modernize mindsets than to modernize covers.
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The number of ways the Improved Thermal Acoustic Blanket (ITAB) serves warfighters is surprisingly high. Of course, it offers improved thermal and acoustic conditions inside the aircraft, but that’s just for starters.
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Marine Force Storage Command (MFSC) is charged with making sure the equipment it stores is ready when the Corps needs it. To help maintain peak readiness, MFSC has called on Cocoon to provide a 100,000 sq. ft. facility to include a dehumidification system.
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A storage warehouse in Alabama used for mission-critical military aircraft components, and other parts vital to mission-readiness, held an average of $15-$20 million in inventory.
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On December 14th, 1774, four months before his more famous ride, Paul Revere sped up to New Hampshire to alert the militia that British troops were planning to reinforce Fort William & Mary in New Castle to guard its guns and powder.
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At the start of the American Revolution there was no national flag. Participating regiments fought under their own flags. So, when the Second Continental Congress met during the summer of 1775, they set out to create a unifying flag for the Continental Army.
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Memorial Day hasn’t always been held on the last Monday of May. Originally known as Decoration Day, it was held on the fixed date of May 30th.
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The shifting of military assets based on new strategies and global events has meant aircraft moving to places where they don’t have hangars.
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