The airdrome lighting system consists of thousands of lights across runway, taxiways and apron that requires constant verification and maintenance. It is not uncommon for the lamps to stop working due to wear, accidents or other reasons. CANARD has developed a solution based on drones for quick and reliable inspection of the lights to detect malfunctions such as lights off or with an incorrect colour.
CANARD offers a fast, reliable and economic alternative to the conventional inspection of the airport lighting systems, allowing more flexibility and efficiency in maintenance activities. Our drones operate both day and night and align with the airports’ specific maintenance requirements.
Our solutions combines state-of-the-art hardware with our custom software and procedures to fully automatise the operation.
Safety is ensured with failsafes and other measurements implemented at 3 levels (Hardware, Software and procedures). We have cleared the regulatory hurdles to operate in the complex and restricted areas of the airside zones.
CANARD’s solution provides valuable information for the inspection and verification of the ALS:
After the inspection, a report is generated in real time with the results and images of the lights. A video with overlay data such as date, time, and location of the drone is also generated for further analysis.
We help airports to:
