Aerospace & Defense

Section 01 — Aerospace

Micron-level answers on regulated components.

When a blend limit, flushness callout, or roughness spec decides whether a part flies, "looks OK" isn't data. GelSight replaces subjective visual judgment with traceable 3D measurement — right where the part is.

Engines

Engine Defect Measurement

Quantify nicks, dents, and scratches on blades and disks against blend limits — objective depth, width, and volume in seconds, without pulling the part to a lab.

Regulated surfaces

Roughness on Critical Components

Surface and profile roughness on regulated components, measured in place with traceable digital results — down to 0.2 µm with GelSight Max.

Airframe

Airframe Defects & Fasteners

Fastener flushness, skin damage, and corrosion mapped in true 3D across the airframe — including transparencies and composite surfaces.

Section 02 — Defense

Readiness, measured.

Every hour an aircraft waits on an inspection verdict is readiness lost. GelSight moves the measurement to the maintainer — and turns every inspection into structured data the enterprise can learn from.

Point-of-maintenance inspection in the field

Inspection at the point of maintenance.

Handheld, ruggedized, and independent of lighting or surface condition — GelSight systems produce lab-grade measurements on the flight line, aboard ship, or at forward locations. No part transport, no specialized facility, no waiting.

Warfighter readiness with a reduced logistics footprint
IP54-rated Shock Protected hardware for austere and deployed environments
Consistent verdicts across maintainers, shifts, and sites

The data advantage

Every inspection feeds the fleet.

Structured, AI-ready inspection records accumulate into repositories that leadership can query: defect trends by tail number, corrosion growth by theater, maintenance outcomes by depot. Predictive maintenance and fleet-health decisions start with data worth trusting.

Why now

Built for the DoD's digital push.

As the Department accelerates adoption of digital inspection and condition-based maintenance, GelSight delivers a fielded, proven capability — already in use with the US Navy, Air Force, and Army — rather than a research program.