Airbus Checks Aircraft Quality by UAV

Airbus is testing the use of small unmanned aircraft to perform exterior quality inspections on airliners, to reduce the time now required to find problems by manual visual inspection. The UAV, carrying a high-definition camera, follows a pre-determined flight path over the upper surface of the...

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