Wearable Live Video for Aircraft MRO

Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) operations are under constant pressure to move faster, reduce downtime, and maintain absolute precision. Whether inside a hangar, on the flight line, or deep within an aircraft, maintainers need visibility, context, and support without adding friction to their workflow. This is where wearable live video, and the media infrastructure behind it, becomes essential.

Wearable Technology Built for MRO Environments

Modern MRO work demands equipment that fits naturally into existing gear and procedures. Wearable cameras used in aviation maintenance must be lightweight, durable, and adaptable to different tasks and aircraft types, while supporting continuous, two-way communication with remote teams.

ActionStreamer supports a range of purpose-built wearable form factors designed to integrate directly with standard PPE and maintenance equipment, including helmet-mounted and task-specific configurations. These wearables capture high-fidelity video and audio from the maintainer’s point of view while enabling real-time, two-way communication with supervisors, engineers, and remote experts.

For hazardous and confined maintenance environments, ActionStreamer also supports intrinsically safe wearable solutions certified for Class I Division 1 use. This allows maintainers to stream live video and communicate in fuel tanks and other explosive atmospheres where conventional electronics cannot be used.

A key example is IRIS, a wearable system mounted directly on a respirator and designed specifically for fuel tank maintainers. By integrating with existing respiratory protection, IRIS delivers hands-free live video and audio from inside fuel tanks without compromising safety or mobility.

For aircraft maintainers working in tight spaces, elevated positions, or hazardous zones, this form-factor specificity is critical. The technology adapts to the job, not the other way around.

The Core Media Layer for MRO Workflows

At the center of ActionStreamer’s MRO use case is its role as a core media layer. Rather than being a single-purpose camera system, ActionStreamer provides a containerized media architecture that sits underneath multiple workflows and applications.

Live video, audio, and telemetry captured at the edge can be securely routed wherever it is needed, including:

• Remote support for real-time collaboration and two-way communication

• Quality assurance and inspection workflows with live or recorded review

• Training and knowledge capture using real-world maintenance footage

• AI and analytics pipelines, where media is sent directly into computer vision or transcription systems

• Enterprise systems integration, including maintenance management platforms and operational dashboards

Because the media layer is containerized, it integrates cleanly into existing IT and OT environments. MRO teams can deploy it alongside current systems without redesigning their stack, while maintaining control over routing, storage, and access.

Media Routing Without Lock-In

One of the defining characteristics of ActionStreamer’s platform is that media is not locked into a single destination or application. Video and audio can be routed in real time to multiple endpoints simultaneously or redirected as operational needs change.

For example, a maintainer working on an aircraft can stream live video and audio to a remote expert for immediate guidance, while the same feed is recorded for documentation and routed to AI services for automated analysis. All of this happens without changing hardware or interrupting the task at hand.

This flexibility is especially valuable in MRO environments where requirements vary by aircraft type, maintenance activity, security domain, and operational context.

Supporting Defense MRO with MetroStar and the USAF

ActionStreamer works closely with MetroStar and the United States Air Force to support defense aviation maintenance programs.

A key example is IRIS, a wearable system built specifically for USAF maintainers. IRIS is used on platforms including the KC-135 and C-130, as well as other aircraft, and is designed to meet the operational, environmental, and safety requirements of military MRO.

Mounted on a respirator for fuel tank maintenance, IRIS enables intrinsically safe, hands-free live video and two-way audio communication from inside hazardous aircraft environments. Combined with ActionStreamer’s media layer, IRIS allows maintainers to connect directly with remote support teams, document work, and route media into secure defense workflows.

A Foundation for Scalable MRO Innovation

As MRO organizations modernize, the challenge is not simply adding cameras; it is building a foundation that can scale across aircraft, programs, and use cases. Wearable live video becomes significantly more valuable when it is supported by a flexible media layer that can route, process, and integrate data wherever it is needed.

By combining purpose-built wearable technology, intrinsically safe solutions, and a containerized, integration-friendly media architecture, ActionStreamer provides MRO teams with a practical path to real-time collaboration, smarter workflows, and future-ready systems, without forcing change on the maintainer.

In aviation maintenance, visibility is everything. The right media layer makes that visibility usable, scalable, and mission-ready.