Korean Air Timeline

Events

• 2026-09-16 - Demonstration - Korean Air demonstrates 22-drone autonomous swarm flight and strike - Two lead drones ran AI-based automatic target recognition for threat detection and reconnaissance, ten flew high-manoeuvre profiles to disrupt enemy air defence, and ten dived vertically for precision strike on the identified targets. The run was operated… - source: yna.co.kr
• 2026-06-29 - Regulatory - Korean Air cleared for autonomous apron-inspection trials - The exemption covers cooperative drones and a ground robot operating in airport maintenance environments. Korean Air targets reducing external inspection from 8–12 hours to under one hour. - source: motir.go.kr
• 2026-06-24 - Demonstration - Korean Air demonstrates AI aircraft-inspection robotics system - The system combines autonomous data capture with AI defect analysis and maintenance reporting. The demonstration was presented at Korea’s 2026 transport-technology exhibition. - source: news.koreanair.com