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DRONE VOLT : and SKIPPER NDT sign a collaboration agreement for the smart inspection of pipelines and critical infrastructure
DRONE VOLT : and SKIPPER NDT sign a collaboration agreement for the smart inspection of pipelines and critical
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n DRONE VOLT\n \n \n \n and SKIPPER NDT sign a collaboration agreement for the smart inspection of pipelines and critical infrastructure\n \n \n \n Villepinte, May 20, 2026\n \n \n DRONE VOLT, a French manufacturer of professional drones and a leading technology player in aerial robotics, announces the signing of a collaboration agreement with SKIPPER NDT, a company specializing in non-intrusive technologies combining artificial intelligence, geospatial analysis, and advanced electromagnetic detection.\n \n \n Based in Houston, USA, and Paris, France, SKIPPER NDT supports major critical energy infrastructure operators with innovative solutions designed to improve asset integrity management while reducing risks and operational costs.\n \n \n In the current geopolitical and energy landscape, securing and monitoring these underground infrastructures represents a major challenge for international operators.\n \n \n Changing climate conditions, marked by an increase in heavy rainfall in some regions and by growing droughts and soil shrinkage in others, heighten the risk of ground movement around pipelines and critical energy infrastructure. This situation is leading operators to strengthen predictive inspection strategies to ensure asset integrity and production continuity.\n \n \n A collaboration combining drones, artificial intelligence, geospatial intelligence, and advanced electromagnetic detection\n \n \n This collaboration agreement aims in particular to develop innovative solutions dedicated to:\n \n \n pipeline monitoring;\n \n \n mapping buried infrastructure;\n \n \n detecting underground structures;\n \n \n analyzing hard-to-reach areas;\n \n \n and the optimization of predictive maintenance programs.\n \n \n Monitoring pipeline cover depth is now a critical issue for ensuring infrastructure safety, maintaining regulatory compliance, preventing environmental risks, anticipating erosion or ground movement, and maintaining the operational continuity of strategic energy networks.\n \n \n Thanks to geospatial intelligence and advanced data analysis, this technology provides enhanced visibility of buried infrastructure and hard-to-reach critical assets, enabling improved decision-making, enhanced predictive maintenance, and sustainable optimization of infrastructure management.\n \n \n These technologies will be integrated int...