Brighton Science - Aerospace

Proven in Aerospace. Built for the Real World.

Born from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the Surface Analyst has become a trusted standard in aerospace manufacturing and sustainment. Whether building the next-generation commercial airliner, an unmanned drone, or maintaining legacy aircraft, the challenges of surface preparation are constant.

Brighton Science empowers manufacturers and maintainers to validate surface readiness with quantitative water contact angle measurement, ensuring every critical surface is optimized for bonding, coating, and sealing. With tools designed for everything from rugged and isolated environments to factory floors, and a growing network of customers across aerospace and defense, Brighton delivers confidence where precision, reliability, and quality assurance are mission-critical.

Common Aerospace Applications

Replace water break testing
Guarantee adhesion of bonded fasteners, studs & brackets
Validate coatings on aircraft electronics and cabling
Achieve optimal surface preparation in composite and metal bonding and repair
Develop surface cleanliness specifications for painting and priming
Quantify the exact amount of abrasion required for successful structural bonds
Establish a quantifiable surface specification for materials from suppliers
Continually monitor manual surface preparation processes like solvent cleaning
Understand the effects of aging and storage on material quality
Detect peel ply on composite surfaces

Brighton Science is the global leader in surface intelligence.

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With the surface data made readily accessible by our tools and the deep scientific and technical expertise of our team, you'll have access to an unprecedented level of insight and intel— giving you mission-critical decision information and a powerful competitive advantage.

Tell us your goals or challenges and we can advise you on specific solutions you can put to work immediately or build into your optimization processes.

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