A system for nondestructive evaluation of a test object, the system comprising: a platform; means for moving at least one of the platform and the test object relative to each other; an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) mounted on the platform and positioned to generate a magnetic field in the test object to create acoustic vibrations that travel along a surface of the test object; an infrared detector mounted on the platform and positioned to record thermal images of a plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) on the surface of the test object to detect flaws in the surface of the test object within the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) as at least one of the platform and the test object move relative to each other; means for determining the location of flaws; and a control connected to the EMAT and the infrared detector, wherein the control is configured to actuate the EMAT to create the vibrations in the test object and the control is configured to actuate the infrared detector, wherein the control is configured to synchronize the creation of the vibrations by the EMAT with the recording of thermal images of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) by the infrared detector such that the infrared detector is configured to record each of the thermal images when one of the plurality of test (24, 26, 28) areas imaged by the infrared detector receives one of the vibrations from the EMAT, wherein the control is configured to receive a signal from the infrared detector indicative of the thermal image of the surface of the test object, and the control is configured to record locations of the flaws appearing on the thermal images of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28), wherein the control is configured to receive and record as at least one of the platform and the test object move relative to each other, the system further comprising a velocity interferometer system for any reflector (VISAR) mounted on the platform, the control being configured to actuate the velocity interferometer system, and the velocity interferometer system being oriented to detect a presence of one of the vibrations in the test object caused by the EMAT in one of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) aligned with the infrared detector; and the control being programmed to receive signals from the VISAR indicating a presence of the vibrations in the one of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) aligned with the infrared detector, and to actuate the infrared detector in response to record the thermal image of the one of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) aligned with the infrared detector. a platform; means for moving at least one of the platform and the test object relative to each other; an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) mounted on the platform and positioned to generate a magnetic field in the test object to create acoustic vibrations that travel along a surface of the test object; an infrared detector mounted on the platform and positioned to record thermal images of a plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) on the surface of the test object to detect flaws in the surface of the test object within the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) as at least one of the platform and the test object move relative to each other; means for determining the location of flaws; and a control connected to the EMAT and the infrared detector, wherein the control is configured to actuate the EMAT to create the vibrations in the test object and the control is configured to actuate the infrared detector, wherein the control is configured to synchronize the creation of the vibrations by the EMAT with the recording of thermal images of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) by the infrared detector such that the infrared detector is configured to record each of the thermal images when one of the plurality of test (24, 26, 28) areas imaged by the infrared detector receives one of the vibrations from the EMAT, wherein the control is configured to receive a signal from the infrared detector indicative of the thermal image of the surface of the test object, and the control is configured to record locations of the flaws appearing on the thermal images of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28), wherein the control is configured to receive and record as at least one of the platform and the test object move relative to each other, the system further comprising a velocity interferometer system for any reflector (VISAR) mounted on the platform, the control being configured to actuate the velocity interferometer system, and the velocity interferometer system being oriented to detect a presence of one of the vibrations in the test object caused by the EMAT in one of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) aligned with the infrared detector; and the control being programmed to receive signals from the VISAR indicating a presence of the vibrations in the one of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) aligned with the infrared detector, and to actuate the infrared detector in response to record the thermal image of the one of the plurality of test areas (24, 26, 28) aligned with the infrared detector.