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Sustainment & Readiness

Extending the Service Life of Valuable Systems

The engineers and scientists of the Sustainment & Readiness Sector provide comprehensive sustainment solutions through corrosion prevention and protective coatings, structural repair and inspection expertise, advanced and additive manufacturing technologies, and data-driven lifecycle management that reduces downtime, supports cost control, and strengthens mission readiness.
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Corrosion & Coatings Technologies

Research to Protect, Prevent and Preserve

UDRI specializes in aerospace coatings and corrosion-related process management and material development, evaluation, integration, and sustainment.

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Repair with Advanced Manufacturing

Developing and implementing agile metal repair technologies

UDRI focuses on transformational technology areas to support and enhance technology readiness and enable cost effective engineering. UDRI continues to build up repair technologies to provide customers greater agility, improved speed of execution, and improved speed of technology transition to the field. All capabilities drive sustainment improvement and mission readiness.

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Robotics & Lasers

Better Sustainment through Advanced Technology

UDRI's highly skilled Robotics and Lasers researchers and technicians provide technology support that enables speedy implementation into existing maintenance processes.

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Project Management & Support

Enterprise Support Services

Services for successful mission accomplishment

UDRI's Sustainment Enterprise Support (SES) personnel provide program management, graphics and visual communications services including centralized contract management, financial management, Government-site administrative support, and graphics support.

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Cost Benefit Analysis & Metrics

Cost analysis solutions driven by data analytics

UDRI’s Cost Analysis & Metrics researchers rapidly and affordably perform quality analyses by using an empirical, objective, and data-driven assessment of costs, benefits, and risks of technologies. We collect, analyze, and track data to validate, substantiate, or augment cost-benefit decisions.

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Product Support

Supporting Customer Success in All Product Phases

UDRI's Product Support personnel provide comprehensive, timely and effective integrated product support for technology transition and ensure optimal long term and lasting success in the production environment.

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Project Management

Applied Management that Reduces Risk and Increases Success

UDRI's certified Project Management Professionals (PMP) manage the overall aspect of sustainment projects based on cost, schedule, performance and risk mitigation.  Our PMs use an array of tools such as LiquidPlanner® to track and manage project progress through and to timely completion.

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