Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has introduced the automated Presto XL inspection cell, tailored to inspecting large aerospace components. Presto XL is the latest addition to Hexagon’s ...

The UK is continuing to trial the use of autonomous drones to inspect the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) fleet of Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft for external damage. Tender documents published in late March ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

A generation ago, a spate of fatal crashes of planes and helicopters the Forest Service hired to fight wildfires spurred the agency to start having its own inspectors to make sure the aircraft could ...