Military aircraft are subject to many hazards due to low-level flying, in-flight refuelling or loading and unloading during ground operations.
Whether on their home base or during operational deployments, fleet availability and good aircraft condition are key to guarantee efficiency and safety of operations.
Donecle provides an automated drone inspection solution to inspect combat, transport and other military aircraft quickly and safely.
Quickly validate aircraft readiness and decrease operational maintenance costs
Increase safety of inspection procedures with personnel staying on ground to assess aircraft condition
Build digital aircraft history to follow evolution of fleet over time and anticipate maintenance tasks
After a quick training, your team is fully autonomous to use the drone whenever needed
AWACS – E3F
”Using drones means reduced costs - less manpower and less equipment required for day-to-day maintenance -, lower risk for the operators, and a reduction in time spent on maintenance increasing the plane’s availability, which is vital for operations.
Franck Gudefin, Awacs ManagerFrench Directorate of Armaments (DGA)
Credit AFI KLM E&M
Combat Aircraft – Rafale
Donecle and Dassault Aviation are implementing recurrent Rafale drone inspections as part of the DGA (French Directorate of Armaments) Big Data programme for the Rafale F4 upgrade.
Read the article in OPEX360
Maritime Patrol
Donecle partnered with Dassault to inspect naval patrol “Atlantique 2” (ATL2) aircraft which fly in harsh maritime environments. Inspection of the complete airframe, including lower fuselage, internal bays and engine nacelle is covered by the drone in less than 45 min.
Photo credits: ©Staff Sgt. Annie Edwards; © Dassault Aviation – C.Cosmao; © Donecle; © DGA – Direction générale de l’armement (Directorate General of Armaments)
