By integrating autonomous robotics into maintenance protocols, Gecko Robotics provides the aviation industry with an innovative approach to handling the physical demands of aircraft inspections.

Aircraft inspections are crucial for safety and rely on detailed checklists and documented procedures, passed down through generations of maintenance professionals. Choosing a trustworthy and ...

Artificial intelligence could help inspectors more quickly assess images taken by drones during visual inspections. Credit: Donecle A decade after drone use for aircraft inspections first started ...

Aircraft surface inspections are a critical and mandatory component of airworthiness that uses visual and digital checks to spot minute damage, wear, or malfunction.

The FAA mandates regular maintenance inspections to ensure the safety and airworthiness of aircraft, including an annual inspection and a 100-hour inspection for certain aircraft.

Christian Suttner, the co-founder and managing partner of startup incubator Starburst, has predicted that drone-based aircraft maintenance inspections will go mainstream by 2020.

Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 recently underwent an Aviation Maintenance Inspection (AMI). AMI is a pre-deployment inspection in which an aviation squadron’s maintenance department programs are ...

Airmen with the 509th and 131st Maintenance Squadrons at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, developed a new process for the B-2 Spirit's phase inspection and tested it in February 2019. The new ...

Constant Aviation’s extensive history with the Legacy airframe includes the world’s first wing and nose change, and more than 2.2 million hours of maintenance experience overall.

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 ...