Autonomous drone inspections for airport runways.
Valanor is drone inspection software for airfields. Drones fly planned routes over your runway, every finding is logged with a photo and location, and your team approves the work orders and reports.
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The problem
Runway inspection hasn’t changed in decades.
At most airports, a Part 139 self-inspection is still a person, a truck, and a checklist. Three problems keep showing up.
Inspection gaps
Inspections depend on one person
Part 139 self-inspections still come down to someone walking or driving the runway. What they miss never gets logged.
The windows are tight
Checks happen between aircraft movements. There is rarely time for a second look.
Findings die in paperwork
Observations get written down, typed up later, and lost somewhere between the inspection and the work order.
Positioning
One person in a truck can only cover so much. Valanor flies the field with drones and hands your team the findings, already logged, with the paperwork drafted.
The product
From inspection to action.
Valanor is the mission layer above the drones. It plans the flight, keeps it going when something fails, and turns what the drones see into work orders and reports.
- 01 / PLAN. Plan the mission. Map runway and taxiway routes, checkpoints, and schedules around your movement windows.
- 02 / FLY. Fly it, even when things fail. Multiple drones split the work. If one loses comms or GPS, the rest pick up its tasks and the mission finishes.
- 03 / ACT. Turn findings into action. Findings are logged and structured automatically. Draft work orders, approve them, file the report.
The whole workflow
Inspection is one step. We run the loop.
The flight is the easy part. The value is what happens after: findings become logs, logs become work orders, work orders become filed reports. Nothing dies in a notebook.
Plan
Routes and schedules built around your movement windows.
Dispatch
Drones launch on schedule, supervised by your team.
Inspect
Surfaces, lighting, signage, and perimeter get covered.
Log
Findings are captured and structured automatically.
Work order
Draft work orders go to your team for approval.
Report
Every mission ends with a filed, reviewable record.
Operating model
Built around how your airfield actually runs.
Valanor fits your inspection program, movement schedule, and procedures. Your team stays in command of every flight.
Supplemental by design
Drones don't replace required Part 139 self-inspections today. Valanor supports the program you already run.
Human in command
Steer, update, or re-task a mission in real time. The software flies inside your rules.
Built for failure
A drone can drop out. A sensor can fail. GPS can degrade. The mission continues and the record stays intact.
Inspection to action
Findings become structured logs, draft work orders, and reports your team approves and files.
Target sites
Built for Part 139 airports first.
About 520 U.S. airports hold a Part 139 certificate. That is our focus. The same workflow covers other large sites with real inspection needs.
Airports & airfields
Core
Large physical sites
Adjacent
Who we are
Built by operators and engineers focused on physical-world autonomy.
We build software for environments where reliability and control matter. Airports are where we’re starting, because every inspection there counts.
Nicolas Dos Santos & Alex Battikha
Air Force cyber defense, production engineering, and university robotics labs.
Pilot program
Run a pilot with us.
We’re looking for pilot partners at Part 139 and general aviation airports. One workflow, a few supervised flights, a clear report.
- 01Airfield walkthrough and ops coordination
- 02Pick one workflow: runway, lighting, or perimeter
- 03Mission and route design
- 04Supervised inspection flights
- 05Findings logged, work orders drafted
- 06Pilot report with next steps