Scope AR and FTAI showcase MRO Success at MRO Americas 2025

The Power of AR for MRO

On Wednesday, April 9, Scope AR and FTAI Aviation were proud to host a shared Innovation Happy Hour event at MRO Americas 2025 in Atlanta Georgia to demonstrate their collaboration integrating Augmented Reality instructions into the workflow of FTA Aviation's innovative Maintenance, Repair and Exchange (MRE) Program.

The AR solution (WorkLink) provides work instructions for engine inspection and assembly though a mobile-accessible tool. With intuitive visuals and connectivity, the platform helps remove the ambiguity of performing maintenance, improve quality, and reduce turnaround time. Based on their work over the last two years, the team expects the following immediate benefits of AR introduction:‍

• ‍Increased Operational Efficiency
  • One platform solution to capture findings, access documentation and highlight best practices
  • Formalizes institutional knowledge to enhance workforce competency
• Increased Operational Capacity
  • Powerful and engaging training tool to visualize maintenance tasks, even when hardware is not available
  • Develops the workforce more quickly, and with less burden on experienced technicians
• Improved Product Quality
  • Helps assure all key tasks are perofrmed and documented
  • Allows for flexibility in scope of work based on customer requirement
• Accurate Data Collection
  • Real time collection of data during inspection and assembly
  • Provides a platform to connect data driven tools and solutions
• College Outreach and Recruitment
  • Technicians begin task-specific training before even leaving the classroom

To evaluate the improved efficiency when using augmented reality to inspect gas turbine engines, FTAI performed a time trail with entry level technicians who were unfamiliar with the inspection process. Based on this time trial, it was determined that the visual inspections using the Scope AR WorkLink method was significantly faster than FTAI's current standard.

FTAI plans to extend the augmented reality platform to cover more engine variants. The implementation, developed out of Montreal, is also expected to be rolled out to the other FTAI overhaul facilities in Miami and eventually Rome.

"Partnering with FTAI Aviation has showcased the real-world power of Scope AR's technology," said Scott Montgomerie, CEO of Scope AR. "By streamlining complex maintenance workflows and enabling real-time knowledge transfer across teams, we're not just improving efficiency — we're helping redefine how aviation MRO operates in the digital age."

Scope AR's WorkLink is delivering exceptional ROI for top Aviation, MRO, Aerospace, and Defense organizations worldwide, bringing game-changing results by boosting efficiency, accuracy, and performance. In the MRO space we have shown a consistent 30-40% reduction in task times alongside zero recorded errors for AR supported work, and over 95% favorability among MRO technicians directly working with WorkLink.

At the show the Scope AR team was able to show and support a number of key applications for the technology, engaging a variety of organizations from major manufacturers and MRO organizations through to A&P training facilities and airlines. As expected, there was significant excitement across the board for the improvements shown in AR supported task cards, inspections and remote supported troubleshooting.

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