Robots Cut Time And Cost Of Inspecting Skunk Works’ Airship

Credit: Lockheed Martin
With about 80,000 ft.² of envelope to inspect during assembly and maintenance, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has developed a robot to scour the hull of its LMH-1 commercial heavy-lift hybrid airship for pinholes in the Vectran fiber. Manual inspection of an airship hull requires crews working...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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