Post-IED Hull Inspection Tool

SURVICE Engineering is proposing an innovative approach towards the development of an accurate and reliable Post-IED Hull Inspection Toolset, which will allow forward-deployed Marines to rapidly collect all relevant data for the assessment of structural damage to combat vehicles. The proposed effort to extend the SURVICE-developed framework fills a capability gap that exists in non-destructive testing of vehicle hulls in Forward Operating Bases (FOB) and combat outposts. Due to time restraints and environmental factors, existing inspection methods are often inadequate. Many vehicles that could be returned to service are currently scrapped or sent to a depot because of the inability to accurately assess damage, while vehicles that are returned to service could pose safety risks to the operators if damaged areas are not identified and repaired. To narrow this capability gap, SURVICE is proposing the continued development of an easy-to-use Toolset that can improve the confidence with which forward-deployed Marines make BDAR analysis decisions.