Intelligent transportation is slowly becoming a reality, be it roadways, shipping or aviation. AI-based tools have started paving the way for new developments in the case of aviation, as the global aviation market is growing at near 5 percent CAGR.
Indian AI takes aviation from reactive to predictive.
India’s aviation sector is entering an intelligence-first era, where artificial intelligence is becoming the backbone of operational efficiency, safety, and growth. AI-driven predictive maintenance is enabling airlines to anticipate component failures well before they occur, reducing aircraft downtime and cutting maintenance costs. MRO digitisation, through digital twins, automated inspection systems, blockchain-based part traceability, and data-driven workflow optimisation, is transforming traditional maintenance into a faster, more transparent, and highly reliable process. At the same time, aerial intelligence powered by AI, sensors, and advanced analytics is supporting everything from flight path optimisation and fuel efficiency improvement to runway safety monitoring and aircraft health assessment. Together, these advancements are positioning India to build a globally competitive aviation ecosystem driven by data, automation, and intelligence at every stage of the value chain.
We are highlighting a few of the major enterprises diving deep into this sector in this edition.
AI is redefining India’s aviation playbook
Findability Sciences: Predictive intelligence for aviation
Findability Sciences is transforming aviation with enterprise-grade AI that delivers predictive maintenance, demand forecasting, and process copilots designed to reduce manual effort while strengthening reliability and turnaround planning. Its ability to fuse structured and unstructured data, sensor logs, maintenance notes, and operational records enables the platform to anticipate failures and optimise maintenance windows before disruptions occur. Airlines and aerospace operators leverage these models to cut costs and improve dispatch reliability, while conversational copilots ease document-heavy workflows across engineering and operations. With discriminative forecasting and generative copilots unified under a governed architecture, Findability Sciences helps aviation teams shift from reactive fixes to proactive asset intelligence at scale.
Ramco Systems: The digital core of modern MRO
Ramco Systems has solidified its position in aviation MRO and engineering with a full-stack suite covering line, component, engine, hangar, and heavy maintenance, alongside fleet technical management and flight operations. Its newest generation of tools embeds AI and ML into paperless, mobile-first workflows, enabling corrective-action suggestions, intelligent parts recommendations, and auto-codification for airlines, MROs, heli-operators, defence agencies, and UAS fleets. Digital task cards, conversational assistants, biometric sign-offs, and geo-fencing strengthen compliance and accelerate AOG and turnaround cycles. By unifying engineering, supply chain, and maintenance execution on one platform, Ramco reduces TAT, plugs revenue leakages, and enhances overall fleet availability.
Asteria Aerospace: Aerial intelligence for the new era
Asteria Aerospace, a full-stack drone technology company, delivers end-to-end aerial intelligence through rugged UAV hardware and cloud software capable of converting imagery into operational decisions. Its systems support autonomous surveying, inspection, and monitoring across defence, security, oil and gas, mining, construction, and agriculture, combining onboard autonomy with analytics that integrate seamlessly with enterprise workflows. With in-house design, manufacturing, and a DSIR-recognised R&D lab, Asteria ensures reliability and mission-readiness in challenging environments. As UAS and crewed aircraft ecosystems begin to converge, Asteria’s stack ensures safe adoption, scalable deployment, and measurable ROI from aerial data.
Blackstraw AI: Modernising aviation data pipelines
Blackstraw AI strengthens aviation data ecosystems with its custom AI engineering, building sophisticated computer vision and NLP pipelines to extract insights from inspections, logs, manuals, and operational records. Its accelerators unify siloed data into model-ready layers and apply deep learning for anomaly detection, asset scoring, and automation of high-volume back-office processes. With MLOps tailored for regulated environments, the company ensures continuous model refinement with complete traceability and governance. This translates into fewer manual bottlenecks and faster, data-driven interventions across maintenance planning, safety reporting, and supply chain orchestration.
Tata Elxsi: Designing the future of intelligent aviation
Tata Elxsi applies design-led engineering to aviation by embedding AI across avionics software, HMI, certification-ready toolchains, and ground support systems. Its integrated workflows in perception, simulation, and validation accelerate the development of intelligent cockpit features, predictive health monitoring, and advanced passenger and crew experiences. With strong expertise in model-based design, verification, validation, and compliance-orientated software engineering, Tata Elxsi enables aerospace OEMs and operators to industrialise AI safely, shortening the path from prototype to certification, while ensuring human-in-the-loop oversight for mission-critical functions.
Building a real-time intelligent aviation network
Together, these companies are laying the foundation for a real-time intelligence network where fleets self-report, systems self-check, and decisions propagate instantly from ramp to route to repair. As India scales its civil, defence, and unmanned aviation sectors, this AI-first foundation can determine who converts complexity into availability, compliance into confidence, and operational data into dependable on-time performance.
India’s expanding MRO Backbone: Strengthening self-reliance
In the last edition we covered the emerging landscape of MRO business in India, and this is spearheaded by some key players in the industry today.
AIESL: The national MRO powerhouse
Air India Engineering Services (AIESL) remains one of the most extensive MRO networks in the country, with major facilities across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Nagpur, and Thiruvananthapuram. Its footprint spans airframe maintenance, component repairs, and specialised services that support both narrow-body and wide-body fleets.
Air Works India: Legacy Expertise in MRO
Air Works India, one of the oldest independent MRO providers in the country, operates a major facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. With long-standing experience across business aviation, commercial fleets, and defence segments, Air Works remains a critical anchor in India’s MRO landscape.
GMR AeroTechnic: A growing hub in Hyderabad
GMR AeroTechnic, the MRO arm of the GMR Group, has built a strong presence in Hyderabad. Its capabilities span airframe maintenance, modifications, component repair, and engineering services, serving both domestic and international carriers.
Indamer Aviation: Scaling capacity from Nagpur
Indamer Aviation (Indamer Technics) operates a significant MRO facility in Nagpur, offering maintenance solutions for general aviation, business jets, and commercial fleets. Its role continues to expand as it partners with global OEMs and service providers.
HAL: The strategic backbone of Aerospace and MRO
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), India’s government-owned aerospace major, supports both aircraft manufacturing and MRO services. Apart from its defence capabilities, HAL’s facility in Nashik provides overhaul and maintenance solutions for select civilian aircraft as well.
Taneja Aerospace & Aviation (TAAL): Focused MRO at Hosur
TAAL continues to operate within the MRO domain with a dedicated hangar at Hosur Aerodrome, supporting general aviation, training aircraft, and specialised aviation requirements through its maintenance services.
It is imported that MRO firms and AI firms understand the potential of Indian skies and take this emerging opportunity
