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industry
The positive implications of the emerging use of drone technology
for visual aircraft inspections are clearly demonstrated by two of the
leading drone providers in this sector -Donecle and Mainblades.
DRONES
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S T O R Y B Y A M Y F R E E D S T A L Z E R
o matter their size or purpose, all aircraft
require visual inspection, a fundamental
maintenance task that can be expensive,
tedious and time-consuming to perform. In recent years, several
companies and airlines across the world have been pursuing a
digital solution to cut MRO costs, reduce AOG time and flight
delays, and free up maintenance technicians for other work - the
use of drones to conduct visual aircraft inspections.
U.K. airline EasyJet was an early innovator in using
unmanned aircraft systems to inspect aircraft, making headlines
in 2015 when it inspected an Airbus A320 with a drone at its
Luton base near London. Since then, other airlines, as well as
forward-looking companies like Airbus, Donecle, Mainblades
and ST Engineering, have had the opportunity to develop, test
and trial the technology. As a result, drone aircraft inspection
as an emerging market segment has quickly grown and started
changing the norms of aviation maintenance.
Today, the most cutting-edge drone technology for aircraft
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DELIVERING DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION FOR MROs
inspection is fully automated and driven by artificial intelligence.
Drones have the ability to automatically acquire and analyze
images of the surface of an aircraft to detect and quickly measure
any corrosion or damage sustained during flight, all without
human intervention, with no pilot or GPS required. At the close
of last year, Korean Air demonstrated another first for this
market: a new technology that can inspect aircraft using drone
swarms, which it said reduced aircraft inspection time by 60%.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has posed many challenges
for the aviation industry over the past two years, those
developing and using drone aircraft inspection technology
have used this period of time to accelerate their embrace of
automation and digital transformation. Those leading the
development of this ever-evolving technology say it will not
be limited to use by airlines in the future and can potentially be
used to inspect any kind of aircraft.
Benefits of automated drone use for aircraft inspections
include faster inspections, savings of time and money, more

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