DECEMBERASIA BUSINESS OUTLOOK9THE FUTURE OF MRO: EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES IN AIRCRAFT OPERATIONSIMPRESSIONSA prime contributor to the development of the Aircraft Industry is Maintenance which is formidable for operating costs, flight delays, and cancellations. Even with longer-lasting aircraft and more durable engines, airlines are evolving by spending ample time and money on maintenance rather than fuel or crew. The requisite for keeping assets available for operations is known; cutting maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) costs is a recognizable issue. Aircraft operators are extending development for dunting troubleshooting and mechanical flying machines inspection for reduction downtime, better-task planning, and optimized parts management.Innovative technologies and techniques have a wide range of OEMs, MROs, and suppliers, which include robots - made of aircraft, drones, virtual/augmented/mixed reality-aids, machine learning/neural networks/artificial intelligence, blockchain, 3D printing, additive manufacturing, and more.The following are a few initiatives in aircraft maintenance for smarter, faster, and cheaper operations.Inspection Robots & DronesCurrently, typical projection inspections of commercial aircraft utilize up to six hours for Robots and drones that have the potential for this time dramatically and, at the same time, offer top-notch accuracy of checks, freeing up engineering time, reduction of maintenance costs, and improving safety.Miniature, cockroach-inspired camera robots deployed in swarms can be turned without any firm inside an engine to help inspection of difficult-to-access components. Renowned companies such for development of 1-cm-long (0.4-in) versions that can even remove and replace defective material.By: Aveek Pal Chaudhuri, Online Content Writer,
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