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Products & Solutions
Iris GVI
Autonomous drone system for general visual inspection of full aircraft structures and components. The drone navigates the airframe without GPS or a human pilot, using a 24 MP camera at 16 px/mm resolution to capture imagery for automated defect detection. It covers scheduled checks (A, B and C checks, corrosion, paint wear and placard verification) and unscheduled events such as lightning strikes, bird strikes and impact damage, completing a full aircraft inspection in under one hour.
Iris dentCHECK
Autonomous drone that combines Donecle's GVI platform with 8tree's dentCHECK 3D sensor to detect, measure and map dents and buckles on aircraft surfaces. It achieves 0.1 mm depth accuracy and is 50 times faster than manual dent-mapping methods, reducing reporting time by 90%. Applicable to flaps, slats, radomes, doors and fuselage panels on both civil and military aircraft.
About
Donecle develops autonomous drone systems and image analysis software for aircraft general visual inspection (GVI). Founded in 2015 and based in Toulouse, France, the company set out to replace manual inspection methods that had remained largely unchanged for decades, replacing scaffolding, ladders and multi-person teams with a single autonomous drone that maps an entire airframe in under an hour.
Offices
Toulouse, FranceBacked by
AkzoNobelDelta Drone
Customers & Partners
French Directorate of Armaments (DGA)Air FranceAkzoNobelDassault AviationAirbusBoeingDelta Drone8tree
Timeline
2023-10
Raised €5.6 million in a funding round led by AkzoNobel, to accelerate international commercial development and AI-based damage detection capabilities.
2022-05
Acquired Dronétix Technologie, a French startup specialising in autonomous 3D mapping drones for aircraft components including engines and landing gear.
2016
Raised an initial €1 million funding round to develop the Iris drone inspection platform.
2015
Founded in Toulouse, France by aviation professionals specialising in aircraft maintenance, drone robotics and computer vision.
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Products & Solutions
Iris GVI
Autonomous drone system for general visual inspection of full aircraft structures and components. The drone navigates the airframe without GPS or a human pilot, using a 24 MP camera at 16 px/mm resolution to capture imagery for automated defect detection. It covers scheduled checks (A, B and C checks, corrosion, paint wear and placard verification) and unscheduled events such as lightning strikes, bird strikes and impact damage, completing a full aircraft inspection in under one hour.
Iris dentCHECK
Autonomous drone that combines Donecle's GVI platform with 8tree's dentCHECK 3D sensor to detect, measure and map dents and buckles on aircraft surfaces. It achieves 0.1 mm depth accuracy and is 50 times faster than manual dent-mapping methods, reducing reporting time by 90%. Applicable to flaps, slats, radomes, doors and fuselage panels on both civil and military aircraft.
Open Positions (0)
No positions available
Donecle doesn't have any open positions at the moment.
About
Donecle develops autonomous drone systems and image analysis software for aircraft general visual inspection (GVI). Founded in 2015 and based in Toulouse, France, the company set out to replace manual inspection methods that had remained largely unchanged for decades, replacing scaffolding, ladders and multi-person teams with a single autonomous drone that maps an entire airframe in under an hour.
Offices
Toulouse, FranceBacked by
AkzoNobelDelta Drone
Customers & Partners
French Directorate of Armaments (DGA)Air FranceAkzoNobelDassault AviationAirbusBoeingDelta Drone8tree
Timeline
2023-10
Raised €5.6 million in a funding round led by AkzoNobel, to accelerate international commercial development and AI-based damage detection capabilities.
2022-05
Acquired Dronétix Technologie, a French startup specialising in autonomous 3D mapping drones for aircraft components including engines and landing gear.
2016
Raised an initial €1 million funding round to develop the Iris drone inspection platform.
2015
Founded in Toulouse, France by aviation professionals specialising in aircraft maintenance, drone robotics and computer vision.
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