Indian company XINFINITI Aerospace is developing a drone that checks naval aircraft for damage, idrw.org reports. The system, DI-NAAIS, is being built with the Indian Navy under the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework, which helps Indian startups and industry make technology for the armed forces.
The drone is meant to spot visible damage on the outer body and structure of an aircraft, such as scratches, burns, cracks and deformations. It would tell maintenance crews what kind of defect it has found, where it is and how large it is, so that detailed checks can be done only where they are needed.
idrw.org says it has seen no information on how accurately the system finds faults, which aircraft it can inspect or whether it has been trialled.
