Ultraview AI

Aircraft structural inspection is still done by eye, by hand, and on paper. A technician finds a dent, then either calls in a third-party mapping vendor or reaches for a depth gauge, and the aircraft sits while someone interprets the result against the OEM Structural Repair Manual. The measurement is subjective, the turnaround is measured in hours, and the record rarely leaves the hangar in a form anyone else can use. The volume is what operators underestimate. A major US carrier running roughly 4,000 daily departures sees a structural damage or conditional inspection event about once every 650 flights: roughly six a day, more than 2,000 a year. Hail, lightning strike, and ground vehicle contact drive most of it. Every one of those events is a manual, judgment-based decision with an aircraft on the ground behind it, direct AOG and delay cost attached, and an inspection record that cannot be audited or reused.

Ultraview Argus puts edge-powered General Visual Inspection in anyone's hands, from the ground or in the air. Anyone capable of holding the sensor and walking the aircraft can conduct a GVI. No ladders, no scaffolding, no third-party mapping vendor, no infrastructure to install. A handheld depth-sensing unit captures damage in three dimensions. Onboard computer vision measures it and returns an automated go/no-go decision against published OEM SRM limits in under a minute. Every finding is recorded and distributed across the organization in real time, so maintenance control, records, and engineering see the result at the same moment the technician does. The same capability ships as an autonomous inspection drone for full-airframe and hail-sweep coverage. Hardware is US-built and NDAA-compliant, built on an exclusive sensor partnership for the depth-sensing layer with Ultraview's own AI models on top. Delivered as a SaaS subscription.

Southwest Airlines has signed an LOI, completed a $40,000 paid pilot, and selected the SWA Orlando facility for Phase 1 evaluation, targeting 400+ handhelds fleet-wide. Warner-Robins AFB has allocated a $2M budget for an autonomous inspection SBIR program. Additional pipeline includes Alaska Airlines, Emirates, British Airways/IAG, FEAM Aero, and Ascent Aviation Services.