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  <softwareTitle>Aerial Inspection Planner</softwareTitle>
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  <description>SAND2025-04581O
Aerial Inspection Planner is a software tool that creates aerial trajectories for full coverage of a 3D object at minimum cost. It can be used for inspection of aircraft, buildings, ships, wind turbines, etc. It uses a 3D model of the object, and given the coverage constraints, outputs an efficient flight path for a UAV to follow.Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology &amp; Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525.</description>
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        <affiliation>Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)</affiliation>
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