The uses of DAQFactory in the aerospace and aviation industry vary widely, from quality control and traceability to research and development. DAQFactory's data collection and logging capabilities provide engineers with immediate data presented in real-time, as well as logged to disk for further analysis and traceability. The ability to create multiple logging sets out of different subsets of the data make it easier to maintain both an analysis data set and a long term archival data set. DAQFactory's real-time display capabilities allow engineers to make immediate adjustments without having to go to the logged data everytime. Experiments can be changed on the fly, new trend and XY graphs created as new presentation methods are realized, and batch scripts changed all without going through the stop - compile - run cycle of other applications.

One customer example is a manufacturer of carbon fiber parts for aircraft. This manufacturer uses DAQFactory to drive all of the carbon fiber press functions from moving the parts into and out of the press, heating the fiber, and triggering the press. The system provides both immediate feedback to the press operator and long term logging of temperatures, press speeds and times for quality control. Since these variables are changed for each part type, an inventory system was created, with values requested and loaded into the system by scanning UPC part codes. This avoids operator error and mismade parts.

At the very outskirts of the field of aerospace, and perhaps more in the related field of astronomy, a company with a group of small observatories uses DAQFactory to control their dome rotation, using RFID tags to track the location of the dome within the required 15 degrees and controlling the dome motors to rotate the dome to the desired location based on the telescope position. Another similar company tracks weather conditions through DAQFactory and automatically opens and closes their domes based on these conditions.

Here are a few of the companies in the field of aerospace, astronomy and aviation that use DAQFactory:

• Aerocourier Aircraft
• Boeing
• European Aviation Air Charter
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• New Mexico Skies, Inc.
• Pioneer Astronautics
• SpaceMark