In this piece, GBOYEGA ADEOYE writes on how artificial intelligence could help inspectors more quickly assess images taken by drones during visual inspections. A decade after drone use for aircraft ...

Product: Korean Air has developed technology to inspect aircraft using swarms of small drones, which it says is the first of its kind in the aviation industry. Four drones inspect an aircraft fuselage ...

Aircraft inspection is the important, federally-mandated process of checking recently flown planes for signs of damage. Commercial airliners incur all sorts of wear and tear as they travel the skies, ...

Aviation Week editors James Pozzi and Lindsay Bjerregaard are joined by Dejan Borota, CEO and co-founder of drone-based inspection specialist Mainblades, to discuss technology's development in MRO, ...

American Airlines and the world’s leading drone manufacturer DJI presented a strong case for the drone-based airplane inspections at a media event in Dallas yesterday. According to Dronelife, the ...

Researchers from the University of Genoa and Italian aerial inspection company Wesii have compared the aerial infrared (IR) thermographic results of PV plant inspections by either classical thermal ...

For decades, inspecting power lines for defects was a largely manual task — a chore for workers on the ground and crews in helicopters. But as infrastructure ages, and companies face mounting labor ...

Drone or quadcopter with camera 3d for scanning. This idea is now being applied to aircraft inspections, and will result in lower costs and improved safety. Aircraft are regularly inspected for a lot ...

Employers should be aware that OSHA and some state environmental agencies are now using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or “drones” in select inspections and investigations. So far, OSHA is using ...

No audio available for this content. Additional Loyal Wingman jet-powered drones are being developed. Plus, quadcopters are helping calibrate and maintain aviation ground navigation systems. I’ve ...