Everything is ready for unmanned planes and delivery drones

Replace man at the heart of the system and the entire aeronautical chain. Where, in any case, it is possible. A dream of industrialists and company directors that is being realized before our eyes. Here are some concrete examples presented at the Farnborough Show.

More pilots in the airplanes and fewer mechanics in the workshops.

Boffins in the UK, engineering giant Rolls-Royce proudly exhibited a set of miniature robots designed to speed up engine overhaul by eliminating the need to detach engines from the aircraft during shop visits .

Cockroach-type swarm robots less than half an inch in diameter travel the turbine in strips and return images to the inspection teams after having been deposited by so-called "snake" hosts who are way through the engine.

Farewell the mechanic and bye bye the pilot sitting behind the controls. Farnborough has been involved in unmanned aerial vehicles and drones, ranging from a flying delivery machine that ensures the smooth deposit of a package near your door to the latest military models that can blow everything up.

The Black Swan of the Bulgarian brothers Svilen and Konstantin Rangelov stands out for bringing an eco-cool touch to the area. Presented as a kind of anti-Amazon drone better suited to emerging economies. The gas-powered model uses a glider-like wing to carry 350-kilogram payloads over nearly 2,500 kilometers and land on common short and unpaved runways in Africa and other developing countries.

But what motivates the industry sector the most is the empty badpit. Research is very advanced for the unmanned aircraft. Experts will tell you that it is easier to fully automate an airplane than a car (the chances of a collision in motion are certainly lower), but the companies ensure their backs by developing freight variants before try to convince pbadengers to get on a plane without anyone flying.

Boeing said unmanned vehicles will be a priority for NeXt, a new organization formed to develop futuristic and innovative products. In Farnborough, you could see a rotorcraft model of the kind that, according to the company, could buzz in the congested streets of the city in a few years, not decades.

Not a big aerospace builder who did not boast about his flying taxi. Airbus and Boeing already have plans well advanced, but Rolls-Royce scored a big blow by introducing a craft using the technology of vertical thrust.

Luxury carmaker Aston Martin is also on the move with a three-seat, hybrid-electric, take-off and vertical landing aircraft that, he hopes, could appeal to the next generation of pbadionate millionaires . As the company's cars are not really capable of flying, Aston has judiciously said that he would team up with Rolls (world-renowned in the field of jet engines, and not with Aston's rival carmaker) and with experts from the British Aeronautical University of Cranfield to get the project off the ground.