Orbital Engineering - Hammond, IN

03/15/2019

Yesterday was Orbital Engineering's 50th anniversary! We thank all of our customers and employees for helping us get to this point and are excited for what's to come next!

11/12/2018

Orbital's own Mallori Barg just presented at the 2018 Deltek Insight Conference on how we use technology to drive our business forward!

11/12/2018

Orbital Engineering, Inc. (“Orbital”) is proud to announce
its certification as a Veteran Owned Business.
Orbital was recently granted this status by the National Veteran Business Development Council (“NVBDC”), whose certification is recognized nationally by members of the Billion Dollar Roundtable (e.g., Excelon, Merck, PG&E, P&G, Boeing) and many other corporations embracing the opportunities and benefits of partnering with veteran owned and service disabled veteran owned businesses of all sizes.
In the same spirit of service of its veteran founder, owner and CEO, Robert J. Lewis, Orbital is a client-centered organization committed to establishing long-term business partners and providing innovative solutions. Please join us in thanking Mr. Lewis for his service and congratulating him on the honor and privilege of receiving veteran owned status from the NVBDC.

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03/08/2018

Orbital Technical Solutions (OTS), a sister company of Orbital Engineering, Inc. (Orbital), just completed a successful UAV (drone) flight within a large east coast refinery. The mission was to collect high definition video and still photos during large vessel installation. The vessel was being lifted into place with a large crawler crane. The vessel installation, UAV flights and data collection were successful. OTS used a DJI Matrice 200 Industrial Quadcopter with a 20.8MP DJI X5S camera for high definition, wide-angle images and a 180X Zoom DJI Z30 camera for close-up views of the installation. The work required an extensive amount of safety precautions, FAA correspondence and planning including a detailed Job Hazard Analysis. Additionally, an FAA Part 107 wavier had to be filed to allow this flight to be completed within Class B airspace for an international airport.

03/08/2018

Orbital Engineering, Inc. (Orbital) was recently informed by the AIST Cranes Technology Committee, that it has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 AIST Crane Innovator of the Year Award for its presentation entitled, “The Use of Drones for Crane Runway Inspections” at the 2017 Annual Crane Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA. Orbital, through its sister company Orbital Technical Solutions (OTS), utilizes robotics, such as drones, as another “tool in our toolbelt” for its inspection services. The use of robotics allows inspection work on assets like crane and crane runways to be completed in manner that limits exposure to safety hazards while achieving a more time sensitive evaluation of the asset.

10/21/2016

Join us at the 2017 Electric Power Conference where OTS will be presenting on the use of specialty drones for safer and more efficient internal inspections of electric power plant assets. Included in the presentation will be projects completed including; boiler, stacks, ductwork(including expansion joints) and ABS Mist Eliminator, as well as the possibility for drones to be utilized to inspect tunnels, tanks, vessels, trusswork, internal containment areas, buildings, and ductwork etc. https://twitter.com/OrbitalOTS/status/789199326673330176