Center for Aircraft Structural Life Extension

The Center for Aircraft Structural Life Extension (CAStLE) has a two-fold mission that supports the safe, economic sustainment of aging structures, primarily those of DoD systems.

First, is to perform a wide range of research and technology development projects focused on delivering critical science and technology (S&T) products required to understand material degradation in structures and systems on behalf of various government, academic, and commercial sponsors.

Second, but no less important, is to educate, train, inspire and otherwise prepare future generations that might become the core of the S&T community within the government and the general professional population.