The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently proposed its rule to require all UAVs flying in the USA to broadcast Remote ID messages. The FAA’s NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making) calls Remote ID "the ability of an unmanned aircraft in flight to provide certain identification and location information that people on the ground and other airspace [...]
With a strong emphasis being placed on remote visual inspections (RVI) and nondestructive testing (NDT) throughout many industries, ViewTech Borescopes has started the year with a record number of sales and looks to continue the trend with another year-over-year sales increase. ViewTech highlights the addition of two of their newest clients that kicked off 2020 by [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage now. I like to say it’s both one of the most overhyped and most underestimated concepts out there. Overhyped, because it seems that pretty much anything anybody is doing now has claims of using AI. (The AI-enabled robotic pizza maker struck me as pretty nonsensical.) Underestimated, because even with [...]
Eddyfi/NDT announced today the acquisition of Halfwave, headquartered in Bergen, Norway . Halfwave is the owner of the proprietary Acoustic Resonance Technology (ART), an ultrasound-based technique which allows high-precision measurements in imperfect conditions and without the need for liquid couplant. The company is currently active worldwide in the field of Subsea inspection and Pipeline inline inspection [...]
MISTRAS Group, Inc. (MG), a leading "one source" global provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions, announced Dr. Anthony J. "Tony" Tether has joined MISTRAS as its Advanced Technical Solutions Consultant. The addition of Dr. Tether – the former Director (2001-2009) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) – helps to further MISTRAS’ footprint in the [...]
Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, Colorado, announced the availability of the Black Swift E2 UAS, an American-made, advanced unmanned aerial system (UAS) specifically designed for automated industrial and structural inspections. Its advanced navigation enables the Black Swift E2 to conduct highly accurate, up-close inspections of infrastructures like wind turbines, even [...]
Teledyne e2v, part of the Teledyne Imaging group, stated today that it will continue its role as a long-term partner in the development, fabrication, and supply of CCD detectors to the high science market – including space exploration, Earth observation, and ground-based scientific endeavours in the fields of microscopy, spectroscopy and astronomy. As a longstanding supplier [...]
ROVOP, the global subsea robotics specialist, has announced the addition of full in-house inspection services, which will complement the range of underwater robotics technologies currently offered to its clients. With a fleet of 51 ROVs including work class, light work class and observation class, ROVOP now has the ability to provide its clients with a complete [...]
Registration is now open for the Workshop on Multicopters for Inspection, taking place on Wednesday 1 July 2020 at the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre, London Heathrow, UK. This event is organised by the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and will run alongside the Seventeenth International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Asset [...]
A great couplant just got even better. EchoTherm ExtremeTM, the only no-residue, high-temperature ultrasonic couplant for use above 805°F (429°C), has been reformulated to increase transmission performance up to 1250°F (675°C). EchoTherm Extreme facilitates high temperature inspections that were previously impossible. Look for the lavender top on the EchoTherm Extreme tube as your assurance of the [...]