Offshore wind farm O&M

An offshore wind farm runs routine inspection with compound-wing aircraft launched from the onshore station or a platform at sea — no vessel, no tower climb. A single sortie covers a hundred-kilometre order of sea area: a survey camera builds a full 3D model of the field, and an EO/IR gimbal checks towers, nacelles and the offshore substation for surface defects and thermal anomalies. Mesh networking, RTK positioning and dual-antenna interference rejection keep the aircraft inside the corridor and trigger automatic return or hold on link loss.