Headset and computer system tailored to aerospace frees technicians from data entry, speeds work and increases accuracy.

The maintenance, repair and overhaul sector is ripe for consolidation, and aerospace investors and larger companies considering strategic acquisitions are in hot pursuit of companies in the field, insiders say.

ATS’s Kansas City facility, which opened in mid-2014 and complements its original heavy-check operation in Everett, Washington, and its VIP completion-focused facility in Moses Lake, Washington, is “off and running,” ATS CEO Matt Yerbic told Aviation Daily at MRO Americas.

The airline hopes to gain efficiencies and reduce complexity, while at the same time ensuring the highest levels of reliability and compliance.

Often done to coincide with an aircraft down for a heavy check, an InTech team comes in and removes the interior, cleans and overhauls the components and then reinstalls the cabin as a turnkey service.

Presented by Snap-On, the annual Aerospace Maintenance Competition was held for the first time at MRO Americas Convention. Here are hyperlapse videos of the competitors in action at the convention.

Here are some of the best booth give-aways from the MRO Americas Exhibition in Miami.

Here is a collection of some of the fantastic tweets from the MRO Americas event in Miami. #MROAM