The Current State of Infrastructure Inspection
Most facilities rely on traditional rooftop inspections: technicians walk the roof, capture photos, and compile them into analog or digital reports. These methods are reactive, based on limited surface visuals, and lack spatial precision. Many facility managers shrug at questions like, “What’s the condition of your roof?” because the answer often comes only after something breaks. This reactive stance frequently leads to safety risks, product damage, and costly surprises.
A Smarter, Safer Inspection Solution
Cantilever, powered by Stratosight, flips this script. Through drone inspection technology, it conducts fully non-invasive, multi-layer surveys—capturing high-resolution RGB, thermal, and geospatial data. This approach not only removes the need to put anyone on the roof, eliminating fall risks, but also delivers far more intelligence than manual inspections, imagining an MRI instead of a single Xray snapshot.
Expanding from Roofs to Full Asset Coverage
Stratosight currently delivers high-resolution, drone-based inspections for industrial and commercial roofs using advanced sensor payloads—including RGB, thermal, and LiDAR imaging. These fully aerial inspections eliminate the need for rooftop access, enhance safety, and provide actionable insights for maintenance and capital planning.
The platform’s proprietary Cantilever Orbital Command engine and VastView Sensor Package enable real-time detection of hidden failures, moisture, and insulation degradation, with seamless integration to asset management systems like Maximo.
While Stratosight’s initial focus is on rooftops and solar, we plans to expand these predictive drone inspection capabilities to additional facility assets such as HVAC, fire/life safety, and electrical systems in the near future. This ongoing innovation supports NAES’s mission to deliver safer, smarter, and more sustainable infrastructure outcomes for large-scale facilities.
Why the Future of Inspection Is Now
Starting roof inspections is essential today because aging rooftops face wear, weather damage, and hidden deterioration. Minor issues like cracks or pooled water can quickly escalate into major problems, and it’s surprisingly simple to prevent it thanks to drone inspection technology. You don’t need to wait for leaks or failures to activate a roof maintenance program.
The drone inspection technology that lets you begin monitoring large facilities over 100k square feet with minimal setup and no need for rooftop access this makes large facility monitoring fast simple and scalable. With proactive maintenance powered by drone inspection technology you gain early insights that protect capital and ensure safety now and into the fut
Moving Beyond the Roof and into the Future
In the future of infrastructure inspection, multi‑layered drone inspection technology will lead the way. Gecko’s Cantilever enables proactive maintenance with architectural‑grade accuracy, helping facility teams identify minor defects early and avoid expensive disasters. Stratosight supports reliable large facility monitoring (for assets over 100 k sq ft), dramatically reducing inspection time while ensuring consistent, high‑resolution results every time. By blending advanced sensors with intelligent analytics, Stratosight is defining the future of infrastructure inspection.
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