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02 / ENERGY & GRID // MID-ATLANTIC 50+ MI / FLIGHT DAY

Find the failing component before the outage finds you.

Towers, lines, solar farms, and substations — inspected across 50+ mile corridors per flight day. Severity-ranked findings before degradation becomes downtime.

Top-down aerial thermal view of a transmission corridor cut through forest canopy, with analysis overlays marking a hot connection on the structure, vegetation encroachment at the clearance edge, and a contaminated insulator.
FRAME 0347 · DEMONSTRATION ANALYSIS · TRANSMISSION RIGHT-OF-WAY TAP TO INSPECT · TAP A FINDING 0/3 VERIFIED
50+ mi
corridor coverage per flight day

Platform Capability

Radiometric
Thermal sensitivity

Radiometric thermal payload

48hr
findings report turnaround

Service Commitment

3D
clearance mapping

3D Spatial Intelligence

How a 50-mile corridor gets captured — structure by structure, one pass.

TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR · SWEEP PROFILE 50 MI / MISSION MI 00MI 10MI 20MI 30MI 40MI 50
CORRIDOR SWEEP · STRUCTURE-BY-STRUCTURE · DEMONSTRATION SCALE SCHEMATIC
01 FAILURE MODES 04 NAMED

What goes wrong here.

Every sector fails in specific, nameable ways. These are the ones we scan for.

STALE CYCLES

Six-month inspection gaps

Manual crews on foot or in helicopters leave months between inspections. Assets sit unmonitored while defects develop.

COST

High per-tower costs

Helicopter time, crew mobilization, traffic management, and equipment shutdowns make traditional inspection expensive.

REACTIVE

Failures found after the outage

Defects surface only once the lights go out. Planned maintenance programs cut costs 25–30% versus reactive repair (U.S. DOE FEMP O&M Best Practices Guide).

PAPER TRAIL

Reports that arrive too late

Handwritten notes, inconsistent grading, and weeks of delay before findings reach maintenance teams.

02 CAPABILITIES WHAT WE DELIVER

What the scan finds.

  • 01 Vegetation Encroachment MEASURED Measured clearance violations along rights-of-way. Clearance gaps are flagged as encroachment approaches contact risk.
  • 02 Insulator Damage 80 M STANDOFF Cracked, chipped, or contaminated insulators detected via high-resolution visual and thermal contrast analysis. Crack and chip detection resolves from an 80 m standoff.
  • 03 Hot Joints & Connections ΔT +10°C Thermal anomalies at splice points, connectors, and bolted joints. Temperature differentials flagged at 10°C above ambient.
  • 04 Conductor Sag Sag measurements derived from aerial imagery, compared against design clearances. Identifies overloaded spans and thermal elongation.
  • 05 Corrosion & Wear Surface degradation on towers, hardware, and conductors. AI-assisted detection of rust patterns and material loss.
  • 06 Lightning & Storm Damage 48 HR REPORT Post-event rapid assessment of arc marks, shattered insulators, bent crossarms, and conductor displacement.

Stop inspecting on a six-month cycle.

One flight day covers 50+ miles of corridor and returns severity-ranked findings targeted within 48 hours.

03 QUESTIONS 06 ANSWERED

Asked before engaging.

How much corridor can one flight day cover?

A single flight day inspects 50 or more miles of transmission corridor, capturing thermal, visual, and 3D spatial data simultaneously — no second passes, no data gaps.

Do assets need to be de-energized for inspection?

No. Inspection is fully non-contact, so lines stay energized and customers stay connected. No shutdowns, no road closures, no service interruptions.

What defects can you detect?

Six failure modes are identified and severity-ranked on every flight: vegetation encroachment, insulator damage, hot joints and connections, conductor sag, corrosion and wear, and lightning or storm damage.

How sensitive is the thermal detection?

Radiometric thermal imaging resolves fine temperature differences across the instrument's operating range. Connection-point differentials are flagged at 10°C above ambient.

What do the deliverables look like?

Severity-ranked findings with GPS coordinates, component IDs, thermal data, clearance measurements, remediation recommendations, and estimated repair costs — targeted within 48 hours. Your crews get prioritized work orders, not raw data.

Why does predictive inspection matter financially?

Planned maintenance programs cut costs 25–30% versus reactive repair (U.S. DOE FEMP O&M Best Practices Guide). Identifying failing components months before an outage converts emergency spend into scheduled work.

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  • Mutual NDA by default
  • $5M liability coverage per operation
  • Your data stays in your control

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