Athena provides a cloud‑based repair management platform that centralizes RFQs, purchase orders, and live repair threads, eliminating lost emails and manual tracking. The system automatically records quotes, approvals, photos, and certificates to each part’s record, offers 24/7 milestone monitoring, and generates structured closeout packs, while tracking shop performance metrics such as quote latency and warranty removals.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Aerospace and aviation operators often manage repair workflows through scattered email threads, leading to lost information, delayed approvals, and difficulty tracking quote and repair milestones.
Solution
Athena offers a centralized repair management platform that operates via a dedicated email address, eliminating the need for new software installations or user training. By ingesting RFQs, purchase orders, and live repair threads, the system automatically logs all communications, photos, quotes, approvals, and certifications to each part’s record. It monitors quote response times, flags pending approvals, and tracks milestone dates, providing early warnings of schedule slips. Performance metrics such as quote latency, turnaround time, warranty claims, and repeat removals are compiled per shop and part number, giving operators actionable insights while keeping data strictly between the user and the shop.
Target Audience
Primary users are aircraft operators, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) managers, and leasing companies that need to streamline repair communications and gain visibility into shop performance.
Features
- Email‑only interface: add repairs@athena.aero to any RFQ, PO, or repair thread to start tracking without installing software
- Automatic aggregation of messages, photos, quotes, approvals, and certificates into a persistent part record
- Real‑time monitoring and alerts for aging quotes, stalled approvals, and milestone drift
- 24/7 follow‑up across time zones with milestone tracking to surface schedule slips early
- Structured closeout packs and records‑gap checks for lessor‑ready documentation
- Shop performance dashboards measuring quote latency, turnaround, warranty issues, and repeat removals per shop and part number
- End‑to‑end data protection: records remain exclusively between the operator and the shop, never published or shared without explicit consent