Our comprehensive knowledge in the field of non-destructive testing is based on decades of research in this area carried out at the Fraunhofer EZRT und IZFP. From this strong position, we support the change from manual process control and monitoring to automated process monitoring. For this purpose we are developing cognitive sensor systems. In the future, these systems will evaluate extensive, multi-dimensional and highly complex data streams and on the basis of these evaluations, they will also be in a position to configure and adapt themselves independently and intelligently.