A 30-year program that made flying safer through continued innovations in airplane inspection, maintenance and airworthiness research has ended its tenure at Sandia National Laboratories. The Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Assurance Center, or AANC, operated by Sandia for the FAA, is moving to the National Institute of Aviation Research at Wichita State University to combine with [...]
Ardenna (www.ardenna.com), a leader in image processing and machine learning software that automatically extracts objective and quantitative data from industrial inspection imagery, today announced the availability of Ardenna Rail-Inspector in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Ardenna customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted [...]
US aviation regulator the FAA is forming a committee to help devise the regulations that will manage the operation of unmanned drones beyond the pilot’s visual line of sight. Head of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administrator) Steve Dickson announced the new Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations (BVLOS) drone operations aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) last week [...]
With digital X-ray detectors and highly automated inspection systems, manufacturers can significantly optimize their quality control and assurance processes. However, due to the higher throughput of parts, the evaluation and interpretation of X-ray images can become an expensive bottleneck. Advanced technologies such as automated defect detection (ADR) and artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to significantly [...]
Following Accretech’s development of what it claims to be the world's first hybrid detector with dual sensor technology, the company is experiencing increased sales of its cutting-edge surface roughness and contour measuring instruments. In addition to the innovative operating principle enabling the efficient measurement of workpiece roughness and contour at the same time, the new technology [...]
US aviation regulator the FAA is forming a committee to help devise the regulations that will manage the operation of unmanned drones beyond the pilot’s visual line of sight. Head of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administrator) Steve Dickson announced the new Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations (BVLOS) drone operations aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) last week [...]
James Kell, innovation specialist at Rolls-Royce and member of the Robotics Growth Partnership, updates us on the robotics project that is set to improve costs, time and safety in after-market aerospace engineering. Back in 2019, the National Robotics Network invited me to speak at the Robotics & AI Industry Showcase - the KTN event that brings [...]
Above, the global leader in aerial inspection services and software, today announced a project with the Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering department at Loughborough University (LU) and the University of Essex (UoE). The partnership will enhance the research and development in autonomous drones for solar plant inspections. The project named "Follow PV’ will be funded by Innovate [...]
Sarcos Robotics ("Sarcos"), a leader in the development of robots that augment humans to enhance productivity and safety, and INTECH NDE, an industry leader in the sales and service of nondestructive testing (NDT) and inspection equipment, today announced a distribution partnership giving INTECH NDE’s customers access to the award-winning Guardian® S remote visual inspection and surveillance [...]
Detection Technology, a global leader in X-ray detector solutions, has expanded its X-Scan T camera family to address a wide range of industrial inspection needs. Today, the company has launched four new variants of the TDI-based (Time Delay Integration) product family. The new variants are available in lengths of 307 mm, 512 mm, 614 mm, and [...]