A European first: Mainblades performs automated outdoor airport drone inspection
Mainblades achieved a major milestone. For the first time in Europe, a fully automated outdoor airport drone inspection was performed.
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Mainblades present at MRO Europe 2021
Mainblades will be exhibiting at this years’ MRO Europe 2021 event. With Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) forecasting the European MRO market will be the largest in the world in the next 10 years and global vaccination roll outs ramping up; excitement continues to build up for a return of in-person events. As such, the MRO Europe…
7 reasons why aircraft maintenance technicians and drones are a good match
Aircraft maintenance technicians conduct regular, and sometimes unplanned, visual inspections on aircraft. This is a time-and cost consuming, yet fundamental aspect of maintenance operations. What if this process could be made more efficient? It can! Namely with the help of drones. Here are the 7 most important reasons why in just a couple of years,…
Innovations in aviation – how Covid serves as a catalyst
For years, high demand for travel, aided by easy access to credit, has enabled airlines to work extensively on new innovations. However, now that budgets are being cut on all ends, innovation, which was once seen as the “fun” playground part of the business to run experiments and find new, better ways to operate has…
Mainblades releases new software for aircraft drone inspection ecosystem: Here is what’s new
We are convinced: an aircraft drone inspection should be fast, safe and easy. Our software and development teams have worked hard in the past months to create an interface that facilitates exactly that. Today, we launch a big release that features a variety of updates to all three components of our inspection ecosystem: the iOS…
5G & water resistance: Mainblades updates ISAAC components and drone capabilities
Some people might call it a computer. We call it “the brain”. Meet our navigation module Intelligent Sensing And Automated Control, or short: ISAAC. It is the module that makes our drone capable of precision navigation and mapping around aircraft. Our software and engineering teams have been working hard in the past months creating a complete overhaul including…
Ouster new supplier of high-performance digital lidar sensors for drone inspections.
Lidar has become one of the most important tools in the commercial drone industry. We are happy to announce that we recently established a new partnership with Ouster, one of the leading providers of digital lidar technology. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company designs and manufactures high-performance lidar sensors used in industrial automation applications across…
Melanie Richards winner of 2nd round drone competition
We have a winner! Congratulations Melanie Richards! Melanie is the winner of our recent drone competition and now proud owner of a DJI Mavic Mini. The aviation industry is still rather conservative. However, the world is changing fast, requiring the sector to deliberately disrupt itself and make a conscious effort to do business differently. This…
Vaccine rolling out; B737MAX in service; Airbus sales going strong: Is aviation ready for drones in 2021?
4 min. read “With airlines expected to bleed cash at least until the fourth quarter of 2021, there is no time to lose.” Alexandre de Juniac, CEO at IATA The good news right upfront: aviation seems to make a strong return in 2021. Despite a nightmare 2020 with massive fluxes in passenger volumes, countless aircraft…