Manual NACE compliance grading is a high-stakes, labor-intensive bottleneck. Inspectors visually assess rust grades and coating breakdown, a process prone to subjectivity, inconsistency, and field risk. Automating this with drone imagery and specialized AI models directly converts inspection flights into objective, auditable condition reports. The operational upside comes from eliminating weeks of manual review per campaign, standardizing assessments across teams, and providing defensible data for regulatory submissions and capital planning, all while keeping personnel out of hazardous environments.




