MRO-PRO has been named winner of the Aviation Innovation Award at the Aviation Industry Awards UK 2026, recognised for its Maintenance Intelligence & Learning Engine (MILE™), a system that moves aviation maintenance from reactive administration towards intelligence-led decision making.

MILE combines semantic AI, predictive forecasting, and federated industry learning to turn fragmented maintenance planning into a continuously improving intelligence system. The aim is safer, faster, and more efficient aircraft maintenance operations, with the intelligence created, shared, and applied across the industry rather than held in isolated data silos.

Judges said: "This entrant showcased a genuine step forward in aviation maintenance through semantic analysis, predictive planning, and privacy-preserving federated learning. By moving maintenance from reactive administration towards intelligence led decision making, MRO-PRO has the potential to improve planning accuracy, resource readiness, operational visibility, and efficiency across a safety critical industry. Its ability to address fragmented maintenance data while supporting smarter decision making makes this a compelling aviation innovation."

The Aviation Innovation Award recognises an innovative approach, product, or service developed or implemented in the last 12 months that delivers significant cost, safety, productivity, technological, environmental, or customer benefits.

Judges look for working solutions that leapfrog existing technology and solve long-standing technical or practical problems, assessed across the rationale behind the innovation, how much of an improvement it offers, how the idea was developed, its cost-effectiveness, and its potential impact on the aviation industry worldwide.

The awards were presented at the gala ceremony held on 22 September 2026 at the Park Plaza London Riverbank.

Entries were assessed by an independent judging panel coordinated by Richard Curran, Head of Aviation Management at City St. Georges, University of London. The panel included aviation and academic leaders such as Professor Serhiy Bozhko of the University of Nottingham, Duncan McCourt of Sustainable Aviation, Julien Hueber of Amadeus, and Fergal Whelan-Porter of Aeolus Engine Services.

For the complete 2026 winners list, category details, and profile of the judges, visit the official Aviation Industry Awards UK website.