Solutions → Aviation → MDU

Mobile Detection Unit

Mounted on any vehicle. Scans as it drives. Sees what a visual sweep misses.

The Mobile Detection Unit mounted on a patrol vehicle.

Capabilities

Five inspections, one unit.

  1. 01FOD InspectionA small metal fragment on grooved runway pavement.
  2. 02PD InspectionCracked and spalled runway pavement.

Additional capabilities

  1. 03AGLA runway ground light fixture set into pavement.
  2. 04Paint LinesA painted runway marking edge on pavement.
  3. 05Surface RoughnessRunway pavement with rubber deposits from repeated tyre contact.
The Mobile Detection Unit's sensor pod, head-on above the windscreen.

Ride along

One pass, start to finish.

  • Detection
  • Recognition
  • Measurement
  • Localization
  1. The detection unit on a patrol vehicle at the start of an inspection route.01

    Vehicle enters the route

    The same patrol run. Higher accuracy, faster.

    AUTOMATIC
  2. A small metal fragment on sunlit taxiway pavement, a few metres ahead.02

    Detected

    FOD or pavement damage flagged and geolocated as the vehicle passes it, down to sub-2 cm objects.

    REAL TIME
  3. A close view of a small metal bolt on coarse runway pavement.03

    Classified and measured

    The system recognizes what it found and sizes it. Ground crews know exactly what they're dispatching for.

    REAL TIME
  4. Airfield taxiway pavement seen straight from above.04

    Report ready

    No manual write-up. The finding is already geolocated, logged, and analyzed for patterns.

    IMMEDIATE

Built for real operations

  • All-weatheroperations
  • Day and nightcontinuous coverage
  • No internetconnection needed
  • Simpleairport integration

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Mobile Detection Unit

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Airside Intelligence

Three applications, one system: detection hardware, an on-the-spot reporting app, and the analytics layer that ties it together.

  • Intelligent Detection and Reporting Application IDRA

    An AI and augmented-reality app giving ground personnel an on-the-spot FOD reporting mechanism.

    See IDRA
  • Analytics Dashboard NERVA

    Gives Airside Operations Managers access to inspection reports and analysis, with API connectors into existing systems.

    See the Dashboard