Mainblades

Mainblades, based in the Netherlands, provides automated drone-based aircraft visual inspection services and software, cutting exterior inspection time compared to manual walk-around checks. The company's drones capture and AI-analyze high-resolution imagery to detect dents, corrosion and lightning-strike damage, and has flown inspections for European carriers including KLM.

Mainblades, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, supplies automated drone based aircraft exterior inspection. Its drones complete a narrowbody scan in about 45 minutes and a widebody scan in about 3 hours, and its cloud platform applies AI assisted damage detection to the captured imagery, producing customizable inspection reports. The system covers general visual inspections, lightning strike inspections and paint peeling inspections on types including the Embraer 190, Airbus A220, A320 and A350 and the Boeing 737 and 787. Named customers include KLM Engineering and Maintenance, Delta TechOps and Lufthansa Technik. Mainblades sells through a Drone as a Tool service model that bundles hardware, software, maintenance, spare parts and software upgrades rather than an outright equipment purchase.