After our flights, engineers use our data to identify where bridges need fixing and how to best implement the repair work. This way, we can confirm areas in need of repair, without having to interrupt traffic, close lands or use specialized equipment. For bridge inspection, we fly drones with top-mounted cameras and high-powered zoom. Our videos can detect delamination, stress fractures, erosion and other major threats that face our aging bridges. Substations - Extreme Aerials pilots are often hired to inspect substations and create a 3d model for expansion and assets verification.īridges - We use drone inspection to carefully assess bridges. In previous projects, our drones have identified cases where cell towers are compromised and that foreign equipment has been installed. Our drones are able to zoom in close enough to read bar codes. Expertise is available from seven regional offices in the areas of wet and dry hyperbaric welding, Nondestructive Testing (NDT), subsea engineering services, conventional and atmospheric diving, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), and other robotic systems.įor further information please contact Pete LeHardy Tel: 301.341.7800 Fax: are examples of some of our inspection clients.Ĭell Towers - We use our drones to inspect cell towers and confirm inventory. Phoenix is an employee-owned, ISO 9001-2008 Management System certified marine services contractor providing manned and unmanned underwater solutions to complex undersea challenges, deep ocean search and recovery, underwater inspection, maintenance, and repair, submarine rescue, design engineering, and project management services to a diverse set of clients worldwide. Following these successful tests, the upgrade was complete and Deep Drone was placed back into a mission-ready status. During these tests, Phoenix personnel fully exercised the vehicle and its new control system. A final series of open ocean system tests were conducted aboard USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51) near Andros Island, Bahamas. Once fully tested in the laboratory environment, the system was tested with the vehicle operating in Phoenix’s above ground vehicle test tank. This approach had the added benefit of keeping Deep Drone fully operational during the control system development process. Phoenix personnel then assembled and tested the complete system, including the vehicle control station, ROV housed PLCs, and maintenance van, within a laboratory environment. Work started with the development of the basic control system using simulated digital inputs and outputs. With the design in place, Phoenix engineers and technicians commenced a step-by-step process to replace Deep Drone’s legacy control system with a PLC based control system. In designing the GUI, the effort focused on supporting rapid customization, including information displayed, items controlled, and layout of each GUI page. Incorporated into the PLC based control system was an extensive graphical user interface (GUI) for both control and diagnostics with GUI screens. Additional advantages of the PLC based control system design include improved maintainability and reliability due to commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and software that are readily available and supported worldwide. To support the greater demand for bandwidth, the overall system design also included fiber optics throughout the vehicle and within the vehicle’s new umbilical. This new PLC based control system was designed to increase the vehicle’s bandwidth to accommodate advanced sensors and provide intuitive, accessible functionality to allow ROV technicians to address common software related challenges (e.g., installing and integrating new sensors to address specific operational requirements). In addition, and at the heart of the upgrade, Phoenix installed a completely new Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) based vehicle control system. The upgrade included installing a new umbilical, sonar, high definition camera, LED lighting system, an updated frame, and a new foam pack.

Navy’s Office of Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV). All work was performed under a multi-year contract with the U.S. Navy’s 8,000 foot depth capable remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Deep Drone.

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