The mandate will relate to 17 specific US registered aircraft.

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 ...

The application of tailored NDT techniques across all major aircraft components ensures that the most effective inspection ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is experimenting with a mix of drones, artificial intelligence and cloud collaboration to find ...

Pattern-recognition algorithms developed for biometric identification are now analysing internal engine components, allowing ...

Some exciting new developments out of Boeing (NYSE:BA) today, as the beleaguered aircraft maker rolls out some new plans to step up autonomous aircraft inspections. Some less pleasant plans popped up ...

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, ...

When booking a pre-buy inspection, consider whether an aircraft is on the MRO's repair station certificate. Credit: Elliott Aviation When considering a preowned business aircraft, the wise purchaser ...

The checks are carried out under the Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) programme. Under this system, EASA ...