Thermal Imaging Camera (1mK Stress Imaging Camera)

RM held a licence to detect metal fatigue in aircraft, but no path from software to product. Outerspace defined the format and roadmap needed to turn defence-grade research into a certifiable camera

Summary

Industry

Safety & Industrial

Expertise

Electronic engineering
Firmware Design
Industrial Design

Awards

Project Details

Challenge

A licensed technology with no product roadmap

LRM Technologies held the licence to apply Defence Science and Technology Group software to a thermal camera concept capable of detecting the metal fatigue stresses that cause aircraft failures. LRM's managing director had a clear idea of what the underlying technology could achieve, but no clear pathway from licensed software to a manufacturable physical product.

Building the roadmap before the hardware

We worked with LRM and DST Group to define the product format and the development pathway needed to take the concept to a working camera, resolving the engineering decisions that sit between defence-grade research software and a device that could be built, certified and sold.

Outcome

The result is a thermal imaging camera capable of quantifying the stress that causes metal fatigue, giving aerospace and engineering teams a way to detect a failure mode that was previously difficult to see coming.

Technical Insights:

Systems engineering and program management (Clarity)

Product roadmap and development pathway defined jointly with LRM and DST Group before physical design began

Electronic engineering (Capability)

Integration of DST Group thermal imaging software into a manufacturable camera platform

Outerspace collaborated with LRM and DST Group to clearly identify and plan the product format and pathway needed to create this revolutionary thermal camera.

Engineers discussing emissions scan on a laptop

Thermal scan display shown on a laptop screen

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