Non-destructive testing (NDT)
Inspecting the integrity of a component or platform without taking it apart or damaging it.
Non-destructive testing (NDT) verifies the structural integrity of components, platforms and in-service fleets without disassembly or damage, using methods such as ultrasonic, radiographic and eddy-current inspection. It keeps equipment certified and available, catching flaws before they become failures: inspection expertise that answers to the operator rather than a foreign prime's schedule.
In practice
Non-destructive testing keeps a defence or critical-infrastructure fleet certified and available without taking it out of service to inspect it. Unstrat brings NDT into sustainment programmes so that ultrasonic, radiographic and eddy-current inspection catch flaws before they become failures, and platforms stay mission-ready. The advantage is availability the operator can rely on, and a maintenance regime that protects both the equipment and the people who use it. Just as important, delivering this expertise in region means the inspection capability answers to the operator rather than to a foreign prime's schedule or priorities, a quiet form of independence. As the accountable single channel, Unstrat treats inspection as part of keeping capability alive, not an afterthought. Localisation arrangements are scoped per programme, subject to export controls and end-use approvals, so the expertise takes root where it is needed.