The use of videoscopes, fiberscopes and borescopes has become established as an integral part of military engine and airframe maintenance, but there is a multitude of other RVI applications throughout the defense industry, including gas turbine, diesel engine, boiler, drive shaft, gun barrel, gearbox, helicopter and explosive ordnance (EOD) inspection.

In the US, Olympus RVI products are available to government organizations via the General Services Administration (GSA).  Click here to link to the GSA Advantage! website.

A Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon - Olympus RVI equipment is used on such aircraft for routine inspections.

An Olympus 7mm videoscope is used to inspect a Rolls-Royce T56 gas turbine engine.

Olympus Industrial products have been providing inspection solutions for military aircraft maintainers for many years in support of their critical missions where safety of flight is critical and detail damage assessment is necessary.  In this respect, Olympus videoscopes and borescopes are capable of the accurate measurement of cracks and other defects to aid rapid decisions to be made on continued flight suitability. 

A 20mm rifled bore showing craze cracking and preferential land wear with driving band copper deposit, observed through an Olympus Series 5 rigid borescope.

The development of an access route for Olympus flexible scopes for inspecting the Rolls-Royce T56 gas turbine engine.

Many Olympus Industrial products are developed for specific applications and carry approvals from the US and other Governments around the world.  To this end, a number of products from the Olympus RVI range have been allocated NATO stock numbers.

HP nozzle guide vane and blades in a General Electric GE T700 gas turbine engine