NLign Analytics Wins AF Contract to Improve Aircraft Inspection

The objective of this project is to develop an automated inspection and damage mapping system that can be used by a single technician in a wide range of environments. The automated damage mapping system will reduce inspection time and improve accuracy over the current baseline and enable inspection of tight cavities. Reductions in inspection time will benefit the US Air Force by reducing Direct Maintenance Man-Hours per Flight Hour (DMMH/FH), ultimately reducing the overall lifecycle maintenance costs.

"NLign provides the majority of the information needed to perform and search for previous analysis reports, legacy stress reports, test and teardown information and known issues with our FE models. Utilizing NLign helped reduce the amount of time to find this data by 83%."

— Luke Bracken, Mechanical Engineer, T-38 Structural Integrity and Analysis

"The procedure took about eight to ten hours before engineers could begin to analyze damage extent and repair options. Now, fleet maintainers will be able to simply take a digital picture of the damages and send them directly to the engineers who can begin working on the repair analysis."

— Naval Air Systems Command

"Damage and repair details will now be model-based. Saving this data in a 3D environment as opposed to papers, files and PDFs will make us more efficient."

— Chris Root, Advanced Aircraft Technology Team Lead Naval Air Systems Command

"Later in the lifecycle, the focus is on production, delivery and sustainment of the end item. The goal is to continually evolve the digital representation alongside the end item, gaining continuous insight and knowledge from the operational environment."

— Department of Defense, Digital Engineering Strategy

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