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 ...

Utilizing CloudVisit's aviation software, inspectors can remotely approve each step of the maintenance, repair and overhaul of an aircraft. Using this software, inspections can be completed quicker ...

The FAA is proposing mandatory inspections for certain Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to check for incorrectly installed bearings in a critical flight control system.

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 ...

In an effort to streamline the process of inspecting its aircraft, French aircraft manufacturer Airbus has started testing the use of drones to accomplish the task. Airbus announced the news during ...

The first test flight using a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft to inspect an energy pipeline route was completed, a step toward making aerial inspections of energy pipelines safer and more economical, ...

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, ...

Drones aren’t normally something that airlines want anywhere near their planes, but European budget airline EasyJet is eyeing their use to speed up aircraft inspections. The company wants to use ...

Spirit Airlines canceled approximately 100 flights, or 11% of its daily operations, on Friday due to "necessary" inspections of 25 aircraft. The airline stated the inspections were out of "an ...

Federal aviation regulators have ordered inspections of nearly 500 Boeing 737 Max jets after cracks turned up in a structural ...

The editor-in-chief’s Beech Debonair is pictured getting a once-over during an annual inspection. Many owners choose to perform other, unrelated tasks during an annual inspection, especially if they ...