NDE Inspection

Quality Technology Center

It's a matter of trust.

Business Travel. Your Vacation. Commercial and Military aircraft. Have you ever thought about whose job it is to help keep the planes you ride on safe? General Electric's nondestructive evaluation team located at the Quality Technology Center works every day to make our engines safe for you and your loved ones. Every day highly skilled engineers, specialists, and technicians apply state-of-the-art technologies to make certain that GE's aircraft engines are world-class quality. This experienced team possesses a unique breadth and depth of nondestructive evaluation, or NDE, expertise.

The Quality Technology Center

Quality Technology Center

The Quality Technology Center, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides access to nondestructive inspection experts who use the most sophisticated inspection technologies available today. These techniques include: Digital X-Ray, Phased Array Ultrasonics, Automated Eddy Current, Infrared Thermography and Advanced Metrology. All of these processes rely on the use of innovative image analysis techniques to evaluate the integrity of engine components and materials.

Our world-class team has a proven track record of solving the challenges of aircraft engine's toughest nondestructive inspection problems. From the evaluation of next generation materials and components in our 40,000 square foot facility to performing on-wing inspections of engines anywhere in the world -- our team establishes and implements processes and systems to keep airplanes flying reliably. It's all about our customers, because we greatly value their trust.


Our full-service laboratory facility offers comprehensive solutions to a very diverse set of inspection needs. The Quality Technology Center houses a broad suite of inspection process and system capabilities. In one location, you find state-of-the-art equipment, lab facilities and highly experienced process experts knowledgeable in a wide variety of leading edge inspection technologies.

Our global team works closely with GE Research Centers, GE On Wing Support, GE Aviation's service facilities, and commercial and military airline facilities around the world. We continually improve new technologies and applications to better serve our valued customers and to ensure the quality of our engines. It's what you expect and we require.