“Through our work, we were able to complete work in 8 hours that previously took more than 1,600 manhours to accomplish.” That’s Gary R. Baumbeck, Jr., Electronics Engineering Technician at Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) EXWC, on a pre-dry-dock inspection of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Norfolk Naval Shipyard and NAVFAC EXWC flew the carrier’s exterior to find defects and major rust before it entered dry dock. Inspectors used to rely on scaffolding, barges, and binoculars from the pier. The drone reached areas those methods couldn’t see. Full story from Norfolk Naval Shipyard: https://lnkd.in/e8HxcAPs Photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Christian Victor Bautista 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 (𝘋𝘰𝘋) 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘋 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.
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Fantastic Work...!!! 👍
Worth reading the Navy's own write-up linked here. It names the pilot (Gary Baumbeck, NAVFAC EXWC), the NNSY engineers, and the inspectors who called the shots. It doesn't name the aircraft or the vendor. The 1,600 hours saved is scaffolding, barges, and binoculars. The innovation on that pier was the operators. Wrote up the longer version on my profile.