Aviation Week caught up with the CEOs of Donecle and MRO Drone at MRO Europe to find out more about where the use of drones for maintenance is headed and what is still standing in the way of its full potential.

Industry experts from Airbus, Boeing, Lilium and Pratt & Whitney share their views on the future of MRO, data ownership and what MRO issues keep them up at night.

A look at some of the new MRO industry products and services that were showcased at MRO Europe 2018.

Norman Baker, senior vice president, digital services for Airbus, talks Skywise and the digital solutions Airbus has on display at MRO Europe this year.

A look at how robotics, drones, blockchain and other innovative technology tools are being used by players within the MRO industry.

MROs see cold spray as a breakthrough technique thanks to its benefits over traditional metal repair processes.

Vincent Gröne, project manager at Satair, talks about the company’s work with additive manufacturing, including training, certification and printing of flying parts and tools.

From the exhibition floor at ap&m Europe 2018, Phil Edwards, senior instructor and engineer for NDT at Testia demonstrates two of the company’s Smart NDT tools. The ThicknessTool is used for post-blend scanning and the Smart UE1 can perform ultrasonic and eddy current tests.