TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. NDT WORKING GROUP CHARTER 1 II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 III. PRESENTATIONS 6 IV. BREAKOUT SESSIONS 15 V. OPEN NDT WORKING GROUP ACTION 30 ITEMS VI. COMPLETED NDT WORKING GROUP 35 ACTION ITEMS VII. NDT WORKING GROUP MEETING 37 ATTENDEES i The 2018 NAVSEA NDT Working Group meeting hosted by Surface Warfare Officers School Unit – Great Lakes ii I. NDT WORKING GROUP CHARTER 1. Foreword. Nondestructive Testing (NDT) is integral to quality assurance in procurement, construction, overhaul, and maintenance of ships of the United States Navy. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) recognizes the value of an NDT Working Group dedicated to improving NDT processes as they apply to Naval ships’ systems and components, and the Working Group is essential to the following NAVSEA Commander’s Mission Priorities: Mission Priority #1 - On-Time Delivery of Ships and Submarines Mission Priority #2 - Culture of Affordability Mission Priority #3 - Cybersecurity 2. Vision. The NDT Working Group will drive innovation to be the instrument for improving NDT processes specified in NAVSEA Technical Publications, Standards or Specifications associated with NDT. 3. Purpose. a. The group will address and recommend resolution to the proper technical authority those NDT issues associated with constructing, maintaining and operating Naval ships. b. The group will work as a team sharing ideas, information, successes, best practices, and failures. c. The group will pursue improvements, effectively integrating all stakeholders. d. The group will receive guidance, approval, support, and/or limitations from NAVSEA 04X6. d. The group will determine applicable action items from inputs received from stakeholders and/or NAVSEA 04X6. e. The group will address improvement of NDT processes from an industry-wide perspective, soliciting participation by all stakeholders. 4. Membership. a. NDT Working Group Chairperson: NAVSEA NDT & Welding Programs Manager (SEA 04X6NDT) b. NAVSEA NDT Technical Representative: NAVSEA NDT&E Technical Warrant Holder (SEA 05P2) c. NDT Working Group Host: Rotational among stakeholders 1 d. Members/Stakeholders: 1) NAVSEA 2) Naval Shipyards 3) Regional Maintenance Centers (RMC) 4) Supervisors of Shipbuilding (SUPSHIP) 5) Contractors who apply NAVSEA-specified NDT 6) Type Commanders (TYCOM) / Fleet activities 7) Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 5. Coordination. a. NDT Working Group members, through cooperation and support of their respective activities, are responsible for maintaining working group continuity. b. The Chairperson is responsible for identification, execution and tracking status of current action items to ensure their timely completion through communications with break-out session teams. c. The NDT Working Group will strive to arrive at decisions by consensus of its members. d. The NDT Working Group will convene annually. e. This charter may be modified by NAVSEA 04X6. 6. Objectives. a. Identify and implement, or recommend to proper authority the implementation of improvements in NDT processes. (MP#1: On-Time Delivery of Ships and Submarines - Technical Excellence) b. Improve quality and reduce costs of NDT. (MP#2: Culture of Affordability – Cost of Processes) c. Remove institutional barriers that obstruct the sharing of information and knowledge. (High Velocity Learning) 2 d. Promote NDT education and development. (MP#1: On-Time Delivery of Ships and Submarines – People) e. Pursue NDT innovation and new technologies with cybersecurity in mind. (MP#3: Cybersecurity – Affordably integrate cybersecurity) 7. Focus. a. NDT Qualification process (i.e., formal classroom training, work-time-experience and examination [written & practical exams]) to obtain certification. b. NDT Oversight and Technical Performance Evaluations. c. State-of-the-art NDT Processes and Equipment. d. Standardization of NDT processes. e. Lessons Learned. f. NDT Technical Issues. g. Action Items as assigned by NAVSEA 04X6. 8. Timetable. a. This charter will be updated as necessary. b. The NDT Working Group Chairperson will update NDT Working Group action items. c. Membership will determine agenda items including break-out sessions. d. All action items will be subject to milestones/completion as designated by the NDT Working Group. e. The NDT Working Group will be disbanded upon consensus of the Working Group by NAVSEA 04X6. f. The Chairperson will determine location and date of the next NDT Working Group meeting and announce the location during the last day of the meeting. 3 II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Surface Warfare Officers School Unit-Great Lakes (SWOSU-GL) hosted the 16th NAVSEA NDT Working Group meeting during the period 22 - 24 May 2018 on Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, Illinois. Hull Maintenance Technician Senior Chief (Surface Warfare) Sean Huston (SWOSU-GL NDT ‘C’ School Director) hosted the meeting, and Mr. Jason Hence (NAVSEA NDT & Welding Programs Manager; SEA 04X6NDT) chaired the meeting. HTCS(SW) Huston opened the Working Group meeting. He detailed the SWOSU mission and briefed the attendees on the NDT school classes offered and the NAVSEA NDT Level III certification program at SWOSU-GL. Commander (CDR) Terrance Patterson (SWOSU-GL Commanding Officer) welcomed the Working Group attendees. CDR Patterson emphasized the importance of NDT in the Fleet and the vital role that SWOSU-GL plays, but he conveyed that the Fleet has not identified any problems associated with the decreasing numbers of active duty NDT personnel. There have been no negative consequences resulting from the declining active duty NDT population. CDR Patterson also posed some potential topics of discussion to address active duty NDT personnel numbers in the Fleet, including how to get experience in the Fleet, possibly restructuring NDT billet assignments, and a “grooming list” for potential Examiner candidates (i.e., similar to a mentorship plan). In addition, he encouraged maximum utilization of the SWOSU-GL NDT school by civilians as a training alternative. Mr. Hence welcomed the group and noted the increased attendance at this year’s meeting following the recent years’ trend. He also noted the significance that SWOSU-GL has had in the careers of many attendees in that they either graduated from the Great Lakes NDT school or they graduated from the school when it was located in San Diego but subsequently took Level III examinations in Great Lakes. In addition, Mr. Hence noted that the commonality amongst all the attendees, whether civilian or active duty, public or private, is the underlying duty to ensure that the men and women who serve aboard our Navy ships make it back home safely to their families. Mr. Hence then invited each attendee to introduce themselves, state what activity they represented, and whether they attended NDT school at SWOSU-GL or certified NDT Level III there. Mr. Paul Colahan (NAVSEA Director of Oversight and Assessment; SEA 04X6) reiterated the sentiments of the previous speakers and stated that this meeting is a good example of how the NAVSEA NDT community incorporates High Velocity Learning (HVL) principles into improvement and problem solving. Mr. Colahan also noted the need to update the NAVSEA NDT Working Group charter to explicitly incorporate the term “High Velocity Learning” along with the NAVSEA Commander’s Mission Priorities. Dr. Pranaam Haldipur then presented the “State of NAVSEA NDT” to the group. Mr. Hence presented an update on the 2017 NAVSEA NDT Working Group action items. Mr. Todd Kinter (NDT Program Manager, Ship Repair Facility – Japan Regional Maintenance Center) presented the NDT Examiner development tool to the group and how to use it. Finally, Mr. Hence presented NDT Audit Lessons Learned. Presentation details are described in Section III. 4 The Working Group addressed various subjects during each presentation and in later breakout sessions. Breakout sessions and associated action items are detailed in Section IV. The Working Group meeting concluded with the assembly having successfully established a Plan of Actions and Milestones for each of several breakout sessions including active duty NDT staffing, Eddy Current Testing (ET) of Heat Exchanger Tubing, Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT), Regional Maintenance Center NDT Written Practice Standardization, refining the NDT Examiner development tool, Computed Radiography (CR), and using the Question Mark Perception database for NDT examinations. Naval Surface Warfare Center – Philadelphia Division volunteered and will host the 2019 NAVSEA NDT Working Group meeting. More information on that meeting will be provided in the coming weeks and months. Copies of presentations may be obtained by contacting Mr. Hence. 5 III. PRESENTATIONS A. The State of NAVSEA NDT – Dr. Pranaam Haldipur (NAVSEA NDT & E Technical Warrant Holder; SEA 05P2) 1. MIL-STD-2035 Revision Status: SEA 05P routed the draft through the Standards Review Board in January 2018. Reviewers responded with a significant number of comments. Comments from the review have yet to be adjudicated. Lack of funding was stalling the adjudication of the comments. Funding has been restored. The SEA 05P intent is to adjudicate all comments, approve the document, and issue NAVSEA Technical Publication 2035 by the end of 2018. 2. Computed Radiography (CR) Status: SEA 05P issued a letter in March 2018 providing direction for a trial phase CR implementation. The trial period is intended to provide side-by- side data for equivalency comparison between CR and film radiography for various applications and