MRO Software That Runs the Whole Shop.
Orion is MRO software built by a mechanic for the shops the big vendors ignore. Work orders, FAA compliant e-signatures, return to service packages, parts, time clock, and billing in one system, with pricing published right on this website.
What an MRO software suite should actually do
Maintenance, repair, and overhaul software has one job: carry an aircraft from squawk to signed return to service without the paperwork living in five different places. Most MRO software was built for airlines, priced by the seat and the module, and sold through months of discovery calls. Orion was built for single and multi-location repair stations, from a 3-person shop to a hundred people across several sites, where the same system has to write the work order, capture the signatures, track the parts, and send the invoice. Our first customer ran three locations, so multi-site inventory, transfers, and reporting were built and proven from day one.
- Work order management with discrepancy tracking, estimated against actual hours, and print-ready layouts
- Parts inventory with purchasing, vendors, cores, barcode scanning, and full audit logging
- Technician time clock that flows to invoices, payroll exports, and QuickBooks
- An inspection library with 11,600+ tasks across 29 Textron and Cessna models, loaded from day one
- In-app, SMS, and email notifications so the right person knows about a parts request in seconds
MRO software with e-signatures built in
Every Orion build includes FAA AC 120-78B compliant electronic signatures as part of the compliance core, never as an upsell. Three distinct signature levels (technician signoff, LBE sign and lock, CRS release), password re-authentication at every signing event, SHA-256 tamper detection on every signed record, and a complete nonrepudiation audit trail. When the LBE is signed, one button assembles the entire return to service package: the signed logbook entry plus 8130-3s, CAMP cards, MSP cards, and service records, merged into a single PDF. Our plain-English guide to AC 120-78B e-signatures explains exactly what inspectors look for.
The part nobody else does: published pricing
Ask most MRO software vendors what their product costs and you get a discovery call. Orion publishes everything: base rates from $995 to $3,995 per month per location by headcount, add-on modules at $95 per month each, unlimited users always, additional locations half price, and setup with standard data import included. The Build Your Own Orion configurator shows your exact number, including training and data migration packages and a go-live timeline, before you ever talk to us.
Who Orion fits
Orion is built for FAA Part 145 repair stations and maintenance shops that are tired of running four systems taped together. If you are an independent A&P doing side work, Joker Solo is the same signature engine sized for one mechanic, with a free tier. And if you want the deeper story of what Orion is and where it came from, start with What is Orion?
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