March 26, 2025
Call for Experts: New WG-132 'Automated Aircraft Inspection'

The aviation industry has begun testing the capabilities of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) for aircraft maintenance. However, there is little industry guidance on the equivalence of using such a tool in place of physical aircraft inspections.

WG-132 aims to develop standards, procedures, processes, and guidelines for the implementation and adoption Automated Aircraft Inspection within the maintenance function. Strong cooperation and harmonisation with SAE G-38 will be essential to progressing swiftly towards the integration of this new technology.

With a wide range of tasks that can be enhanced by automated tools such as sUAS, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Virtual Reality (AI/ML/VR), clear guidelines are needed to ensure continued safe and efficient operations. Industry-driven guidance will help advance, organise, and design current and future applications, including leveraging automation for non-destructive inspections using modified automated platforms.

The objective is to begin with a comprehensive report on aircraft inspection, which will help define the Scope of Work.

The kick-off meeting for this activity is scheduled for 5 June at the EUROCAE offices in Paris. More details can be found in the Calling Notice on the EUROCAE Workspace.

Express your interesthere.

For further information please contact the responsible Technical Programme Manager Bertrand Riveill.

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