With the rapid development of the aerospace, performance requirements for the aircraft also continue to improve, improve the quality of fastener holes, improve the anti-fatigue performance of aircraft structure, prolong the service life, to ensure the reliability and safety of aircraft structure, is an important research topic in design and materials researchers. This paper analyzes the characteristics of aircraft skin drilling technology, summarizes the research status of precision drilling equipment, and focuses on the analysis of a variety of automatic drilling equipment. It is a new research direction to develop guide rail and robot for different curvature skin drilling.