Federal Labs

Department of National Defence

Dockyard Laboratory Pacific

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Dockyard Laboratory Pacific
CFB Esquimalt, Building 199
P.O. Box 17000, Station Forces
Victoria, British Columbia
V9A 7N2

Contact:

Dr. Terry Foster
Head, Dockyard Laboratory
Telephone: 250-363-2849
E-mail: Terry.Foster@drdc-rddc.gc.ca

Mandate:

The Dockyard Laboratory Pacific (DLP) is a section of Defence Research Establishment Branch - Atlantic and is the most westernly of Canada's six research laboratories in Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) of the Department of National Defence (DND).

The primary goal of Defence Research is to provide and foster scientific and technological effort in continuing support of Canadian Defence roles and objectives. The research program touches on many facets through in-house laboratory facilities, industry, university, military colleges and international programs.

Key Research Areas:

• Solving day-to-day problems of the forces of the maritime Commander, Pacific
• Carrying out research into new materials processes
• Coatings and Corrosion Research
• Metals Research
• Composites Research

Research Facilities:

• Seawater system, fresh, once through
• Corrosion and Coatings Test Facility
• Non-destructive testing
• Mechanical Testing Laboratory, including Tensile, Compression, fatigue and drop tower facilities, with environmental control
• Chemical Analysis Laboratory including: ICP-MS with laser ablation, FTIR, Ramam, GCMS, C/S Analyzer, DSC, DTA, DMA, XRD and SEM (with xray attachment)