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 ...

One day last week, I took the familiar drive to the airport, performed a preflight inspection on Annie, our 1992 Commander 114B, and took off from Runway 3. The day was clear and cool with a bright, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Given how your average commercial airliner contains over a million parts, it's no surprise that keeping them airworthy takes a small army. In fact, Boeing estimates that the commercial aviation ...