Composite Inspection and Consulting

Composite Inspection and Consulting CICNDT
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In bonded composite structures, the bond line is where failures start — and where most inspection methods struggle to se...
05/13/2026

In bonded composite structures, the bond line is where failures start — and where most inspection methods struggle to see clearly.

Laser shearography is built for exactly that problem. The technique applies a small load to the part (vacuum, thermal, or acoustic) and uses laser interferometry to measure how the surface deforms. A good bond deforms evenly. A disbond, void, or delamination doesn't, and shearography picks up the difference at the sub-micron level.

CICNDT uses Dantec shearography equipment, the same platform aerospace primes rely on for honeycomb panels, bonded repairs, and composite control surfaces. The advantage over point-by-point ultrasonic methods is coverage — shearography inspects wide areas in a single capture, which matters when you're looking at large bonded assemblies.

It's not a replacement for ultrasonics. It's the right tool when bond integrity is the question.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ

Some defects in aerospace composites only show up when you can see inside the part.Computed tomography (CT) scanning mak...
05/11/2026

Some defects in aerospace composites only show up when you can see inside the part.

Computed tomography (CT) scanning makes that possible. Where surface methods stop at the skin, CT captures the full internal volume of a part — every layer, every bond line — and turns it into data engineers can measure and compare against the original design.

CICNDT uses the Omni NDE Iris CT system with UR20 collaborative robots for consistent part handling. The setup handles complex aerospace geometries: thick laminates, bonded assemblies, and 3D-printed components where internal porosity or voids matter.

The output is volumetric defect detection, dimensional verification, and a permanent digital record of the part as inspected.

Learn more about our CT capabilities: https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ

Wind turbine blades are over 80 meters long, hollow inside, and have to be inspected on a tight maintenance schedule. Se...
05/06/2026

Wind turbine blades are over 80 meters long, hollow inside, and have to be inspected on a tight maintenance schedule. Sending a rope team up the outside works — but it's slow, weather-dependent, and there's only so much you can see from the surface.

That's where robotics changes things. CICNDT uses the Windbotix NEMO, a robot that enters the blade through the root and travels the entire internal cavity, capturing visual and dimensional data along the way. Bond line issues, internal cracking, leading-edge erosion from the inside — the problems that cause the most expensive repairs are the ones surface inspections catch last.

We're also integrating an external crawler from HausBots for outer-skin coverage without scaffolding.

The result: more complete data, captured faster, with less downtime per turbine. That matters for operators running large fleets.

Learn more about our wind inspection capabilities: https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ

Phased array ultrasonics has changed what's findable in a composite layup.Conventional UT scans with a single element an...
05/04/2026

Phased array ultrasonics has changed what's findable in a composite layup.

Conventional UT scans with a single element and one beam angle. PAUT fires dozens of elements in sequence, steering the beam electronically through the part — which means porosity, delamination, and ply waviness that older methods walked past now show up clearly on the scan.

At CICNDT, we run PAUT with Full Matrix Capture and Total Focusing Method (FMC/TFM). FMC records every transmit-receive pair across the array; TFM reconstructs the volume with the focal point placed at every pixel. The result is sub-millimeter resolution on CFRP and bonded structures — the kind of detail aerospace primes and wind OEMs need before a part flies or a blade goes up the tower.

Inspections are performed by NAS 410 / EN 4179 certified Level II and Level III technicians, with reporting built around what your quality team actually needs to sign off.

Composite parts are getting thicker, more contoured, and harder to inspect. PAUT with FMC/TFM is how we keep up.

More on our composite inspection capabilities: https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ

Not every cybersecurity breach comes from a hacker on the other side of the world. Sometimes, the biggest risk is alread...
04/29/2026

Not every cybersecurity breach comes from a hacker on the other side of the world.

Sometimes, the biggest risk is already sitting at a desk in your building.

Insider threats don't always look like espionage. More often, they look like mistakes — an employee who sends a sensitive file to the wrong person, uses a personal USB drive to move data, or falls for a phishing email that gives an attacker their login credentials.

In 2025, over 83% of organizations reported at least one insider-related incident. And two out of every three of those were caused by negligence, not malice.

For defense contractors, the stakes are higher. The data on your systems — engineering drawings, test results, inspection reports — isn't just proprietary. It's the kind of information that foreign intelligence services are actively trying to acquire.

Ransomware groups have been caught recruiting employees on messaging platforms, offering cash in exchange for login credentials.

This is why CMMC doesn't just require firewalls and encryption.

It requires access controls that limit who can see what, audit trails that track what happens on your systems, personnel screening, and media protection policies.

NIST SP 800-171 treats insider risk as a design problem, not just a HR problem.

At CICNDT and the AIMM Center, we completed our CMMC Level 2 self-certification this month.

Our NDT teams operate with a high degree of independence in the field — that's how inspection works. But independence and accountability aren't opposites. We're building systems where both coexist, because that's what protecting defense data requires.

📍 Ogden, UT | 🌐 https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ | 📞 (801) 436-6512

Insider threats — both negligent and malicious — caused over 83% of organizations to experience a cybersecurity incident...
04/29/2026

Insider threats — both negligent and malicious — caused over 83% of organizations to experience a cybersecurity incident in 2025.

CMMC Level 2 addresses this through access controls, audit logging, personnel security, and media protection requirements from NIST SP 800-171.

CICNDT and the AIMM Center in Ogden, Utah completed our CMMC Level 2 self-certification this month. We're building the systems and culture to protect defense inspection data from every threat vector — including the ones that start inside.

📞 (801) 436-6512 | 📍 690 W 1100 S, Suite 7, Ogden, UT 84404 | 🌐 https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ

There's a reason foreign governments spend billions trying to steal engineering data from American defense contractors. ...
04/22/2026

There's a reason foreign governments spend billions trying to steal engineering data from American defense contractors. It's not just about building copies of our weapons. It's about understanding their limits.

When an adversary gets hold of inspection data — defect maps, material properties, acceptance criteria, structural test results — they don't need to build the same aircraft or missile. They just need to know where it's weakest. That's what nondestructive testing data reveals: the real-world condition of a structure, its margins, and its vulnerabilities.

This type of information falls under Controlled Unclassified Information, and it's exactly what CMMC Level 2 is designed to protect.

The 110 security requirements in NIST SP 800-171 exist because the federal government recognizes that losing this data can directly undermine military readiness and national security.

It's easy to think cybersecurity is someone else's problem — the IT department's, the prime contractor's, the government's. But if your company generates or touches this data, the responsibility is yours.

CICNDT and the AIMM Center are completing our CMMC Level 2 self-certification this month.

We build composite inspection capability for aerospace and defense applications, and protecting the data that work produces is just as important as the inspection itself.

📍 Ogden, UT | 🌐 https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ | 📞 (801) 436-6512

Stolen NDT inspection data gives adversaries a shortcut to understanding U.S. defense technology — material properties, ...
04/22/2026

Stolen NDT inspection data gives adversaries a shortcut to understanding U.S. defense technology — material properties, structural limits, and failure modes. That's why it's classified as Controlled Unclassified Information and protected under CMMC Level 2.

CICNDT and the AIMM Center in Ogden, Utah are completing our CMMC Level 2 self-certification this month.

We inspect composite structures for aerospace and defense — and we're building the cybersecurity systems to protect the engineering data that work produces.

📞 (801) 436-6512 | 📍 690 W 1100 S, Suite 7, Ogden, UT 84404 | 🌐 https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ

AI-powered phishing attacks are targeting engineers and technicians at defense contractors — not just executives. The em...
04/15/2026

AI-powered phishing attacks are targeting engineers and technicians at defense contractors — not just executives.

The emails look real, reference actual projects, and are designed to steal credentials or install malware.

CMMC Level 2 requires awareness training for every person with access to defense data.

CICNDT and the AIMM Center in Ogden, Utah are completing our Level 2 self-certification this month with cybersecurity training built into the process at every level.

📞 (801) 436-6512 | 📍 690 W 1100 S, Suite 7, Ogden, UT 84404 | 🌐 https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ

Here's something most people outside of cybersecurity don't realize: the most dangerous cyber attacks don't exploit soft...
04/15/2026

Here's something most people outside of cybersecurity don't realize: the most dangerous cyber attacks don't exploit software. They exploit people.

A well-crafted phishing email can bypass every firewall, antivirus, and encryption tool your company has.

All it takes is one click from someone who thought they were opening a legitimate message. And the emails are getting frighteningly good — AI tools now generate messages that mirror your company's internal communication style, reference real projects, and address you by name.

This isn't hypothetical.

A threat group was recently caught impersonating recruiters on professional networking platforms, specifically targeting engineers at defense firms. They researched individual job roles and salary data before reaching out. The goal wasn't to sell anything — it was to install malware or steal credentials.

For defense contractors, this is why NIST SP 800-171 includes mandatory awareness and training requirements. It's not enough to install the right software. Every person with access to your systems needs to understand what a phishing attempt looks like, how social engineering works, and what to do when something feels off.

At CICNDT and the AIMM Center, cybersecurity awareness training is part of our CMMC Level 2 preparation — which we're completing this month. We've always trained our inspectors to follow procedures precisely.

Now we're applying that same discipline to how our team handles the digital tools and data that support our work.

📍 Ogden, UT | 🌐 https://bit.ly/4eOoCWZ | 📞 (801) 436-6512

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