The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has awarded a new contract to oil field equipment supplier Spectro Scientific for the provision of fluid analysis equipment and support to the US Navy.
The $9.6m project will see Spectro Scientific produce, test and supply up to 69 model M-N/W SpectrOil RDE spectrometers, which will be used to replace and upgrade the current oil analysis programmes of the navy and the US Marine Corps (USMC).
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It will also include the delivery of technical data, logistics support documents and initial consumables, as well as maintenance kits and components.
Spectro Government Programmes vice-president Robert Yurko said: “The contract from NAWCAD confirms that the US Navy places a high value on the quality, reliability and support provided by Spectro fluid analysis technology, as it ensures the availability and flight safety of critical aviation assets.”
The atomic emission rotrode M-N/W SpectrOil spectrometer is the only oil elemental analyser to be approved by the US Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Oil Analysis Programme (JOAP).
It is a compact, rugged, transportable and user-friendly spectrometer developed to detect and measure metals, contaminants and additives in lubricants, hydraulic fluids and coolants.
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By GlobalDataIn addition, the Office of Naval Research has selected the company as one of the finalists in a research concept challenge competition that is aimed at encouraging new ideas and developments in support of the US Navy and USMC.
Image: SpectrOil and FieldLab 58 from Spectro Scientific are fluid analysis instruments that have been used by the military for the last 30 years. Photo: courtesy of Business Wire.
