Tag Archives: Speed

Advancing Metrology at Mach Speed – Drone Mounted Inspection…

Moving to aerial digital inspection will enable Lockheed Martin to accurately and safely improve the manufacturing metrology of the F-35. The F-35 Lightning II is an all-weather stealth combat aircraft that is intended to perform warfare strike missions and electronic surveillance capabilities at speeds up to 1.6 Mach. Composites comprise …

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To Speed Discovery, Infrared Microscopy Goes ‘Off the Grid’

Example of the tiling pattern used in scanning a C. elegans roundworm. The non-grid-based pattern gives the sampling algorithm greater flexibility to quickly zero in on areas of interest. (Credit: Elizabeth Holman/Caltech and Yuan-Sheng Fang/Berkeley Lab) Question: What do a roundworm, a Sharpie pen, and high-vacuum grease have in common? …

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