Results are provided for a study of the formation mechanism and conditions for high-temperature corrosion-resistant coatings, which are formed in air (>1500°C) with cyclic thermal changes under the action of concentrated energy sources. It is established that in composite materials of the systems (TiN-AlN)-(TiN-Cr 3 C 2 ) and (TiN-AlN)-(Ni-Cr)-(TiN-Cr 3 C 2 ) a complex oxide film forms that has good adhesion to a base and undergoes further composite oxidation, i.e., it promotes an increase in its scaling resistance.Development of contemporary technology is inseparably connected with a steady increase in working temperature, loading rates, and the effect of corrosive media. This provides a requirement for using fundamentally new materials, which guarantee reliability and the corresponding level of functional equipment properties. This relates mainly to ceramic and cermet composite materials based on oxygen-free refractory compounds (nitrides, carbides, borides). Among the multitude of ceramic materials there is considerable interest in composite materials of the systems TiN-AlN and TiN-Cr 3 C 2 , which exhibit a high level of tribotechnical [1], physicomechanical [2,3], and corrosion properties [4].Previously [5] the effect of concentrated solar radiation (CSR) on structure and phase transformations in ceramic composite materials has been studied for the systems TiN-AlN and TiN-AlN with a metal binder Ni-Cr-Al. It has been established that in these systems a dense oxide film forms consisting of two zones, each of which has a complex heterophase structure. The surface of the oxide film consists of Al 2 O 3 , TiO 2 oxides and NiCr 2 O 4 spinel, and the second layer of oxide film adjacent to the base is tialite b-Al 2 TiO 5 . This film exhibits high adhesion to the base and is a barrier preventing diffusion of oxygen into a specimen [5]. Action of CSR on a material is accompanied by occurrence of physicomechanical processes at its working surface, the same as rapid heating and cooling, the possibility of focussing energy in a small area, and also reaction of material components at high temperature.In order to increase corrosion resistance in air (>1500°C) and in corrosive media it is necessary to use either a coating, or a coating of more corrosion-resistant composites. For these coatings we have proposed composites of the system TiN-Cr 3 C 2 . In order to increase coating adhesion to a base a metal heat-resistant underlayer is used, i.e. Ni-Cr alloys, which wet well on one side to a ceramic TiN-AlN and on another to composite TiN-Cr 3 C 2 . These metal alloys exhibit high corrosion resistance and tribotechnical properties.The aim of this work is to study the mechanism and conditions of forming high-temperature corrosion-resistant coatings in air (>1500°C) with cyclic thermal changes under the action of concentrated streams of energy in order to explain coating oxidation under these conditions, and the possibility of increasing their resistance to high-temperature oxidation. The structure and structural phase transfo...