Channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: pipelineautonomyflightamerican aerospace technologies incinfrastructureairplanenational aeronautics and space administrationsystems integration and operationalizationengineeringaerospace

Description: Aerial inspections of gas and petroleum pipelines were simulated during NASA’s final Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) demonstration flight with partner American Aerospace Technologies Inc. The SIO demonstration is in partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and three industry partners to show potential commercial applications using different sizes of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in a variety of locations and different airspace classes. SIO aims to accelerate the safe integration of UAS for commercial applications into the national airspace system. AATI used this demonstration to represent how its AiRanger UAS could survey miles of petroleum pipeline using the installed InstaMap detection system to find faults or hazardous conditions in the pipes. nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/gas-pipeline-inspections-simulated.html