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Laser Scanning Keeps Old Military Equipment in Service

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Giles Gaskell, Nvision Inc.

Military hardware is aging fast. In some cases, it's older than the soldiers who use it. Spare parts are required to keep this equipment running, but many of the companies that supplied them have long left the business, and drawings and documentation may no longer exist. Reverse-engineering firms have stepped in to re-create the parts using the latest computerized numerical control machinery, and laser scanning systems offer them performance benefits. A laser scanning system captures the dimensions of a radome for an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter. One approach to reverse engineering is to use...Read full article

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    Published: September 2005
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