DRONYTHING: ULTRA PRECISE AIRCRAFT INSPECTIONS

Informations projet

DRONYTHING

N° de convention de subvention: 827670

DOI

10.3030/827670

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 23 Juillet 2018

Date de début 1 Juin 2018

Date de fin 30 Novembre 2018

Financé au titre de

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coût total

€ 71 429,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordonné par

DRONYTHING SL
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DRONYTHING (DRONYTHING: ULTRA PRECISE AIRCRAFT INSPECTIONS)

Période du rapport: 2018-06-01 au 2018-11-30

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

Dronything S.L. was started in October 2018 and set up as a legal entity in March 2018 in Madrid, Spain, with the intent to automate Visual Inspections for Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Organizations.

Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organizations are engaged by traditional airline operators to periodically inspect and fix their respective aircrafts. One of their key activities is the inspection of the body, which includes the fuselage, wings, stabilizer and control surfaces. These inspections are currently tedious, time consuming, expensive (in terms of labour and equipment) and significant change-averse due to the amount of regulations imposed by Aviation control authorities. The real issue hasn’t been a lack of technology, rather the lack of a comprehensive end-to-end technology solution that assists inspection, complete defect identification & categorization and report generation.
Inspections in Aircraft Maintenance determine the airworthiness, or readiness for air, of an aircraft. Human error is a key factor when it comes to aviation mishaps. Out of 291 aircraft incidents (anywhere from erratic landing to crashes) that happened in a two decade span from 1993 to 2012, 20% has been linked to human errors in maintenance. There is clearly a societal need for a more precise, transparent and thorough process in maintenance. As inspections are the crux of any maintenance job, Dronything’s solution should be deemed as vital to society.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

- Obtained formal approval from Gestair, an aviation company in Madrid, to use its premises for product testing
- Pivot made on Product Operations to speed up market launch and save up on unnecessary development costs.
- Collaborated with multiple partners like Universidad Del Rey Juan Carlos & Robotics Navigation & Control startup in Singapore to understand and devise a product blueprint
- Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) signed with Universidad Del Rey Juan Carlos, a premier Spanish aerospace research institute, to discuss collaboration.
- Attended MRO Asia-Pacific, worlds largest MRO expo
- Invited by Zero Gravity Accelerator in Lisbon for a Bootcamp in January to pitch in front of the selection panel, currently undergoing due diligence and on the verge of being shortlisted
- Machine Learning intern hired to assist in development of back-end image processing software.
- Suitable enterprise drone hardware acquired to be integrated in product MVP
- Features for Ground Control Station User Interface devised and is under development
- Data collection and Data annotation under process for backend Machine Learning software
- Operational clearance granted from AESA and ENAIRE

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

The expectation in 2019 is to have the first operational version of the product ready and to acquire our first couple of clients. 2019 will be about demonstrating the social need, as has been explained in Item 1 under Publishable Summary, as well as operational need for Dronything’s solution.

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