The Defense Working Group on Nondestructive Testing provides the only forum for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, and DLA/DCMC representatives to freely exchange information pertaining to nondestructive testing methods, equipment and applications. As attendance is restricted, and tightly controlled, the focus remains on information exchange and problem solving without regard to contractual considerations. For the past 48 years this group has met annually, providing a conduit for engineers, scientists, and technicians to present technical problems and innovative testing systems to the assembled specialists. Collectively, attendees strive to advance solutions, utilizing their knowledge, skills and experience.

With reductions in expenditures for maintenance, repair, and acquisition of new systems, it has become imperative that the Defense Department maximize the useful life of present assets, while developing economical maintenance strategies. NDT plays a significant role in this process as it provides quantitative and qualitative input on the characteristics of systems and components during all phases of life-cycle management. This ability to test and inspect without destroying or degrading equipment ensures the highest standards of personnel safety while providing the most inexpensive method available to assess useful life and readiness of current assets.

The 49th Defense Working Group on Nondestructive Testing is co-hosted this year by Tinker Air Force Base and Keesler Air Force Base, and will be held from 30 October through 2 November 2000 at the Isle of Capri Crowne Plaza Resort, Biloxi, Mississippi.
More information may be obtained by contacting our web site at:
http://hometown.aol.com/dodndt/page1.html
Or our host representative: Msgt Dewey Buck
COMM: 228-377-4279 / DSN: 597-4279 / dewey.buck@keesler.af.mil

HT1(SW) K.L. Bruer
DWG Junior Navy Representative