--- title: MetroStar's AI-Powered Maintenance Platform Iris Selected by U.S. Air Force at Travis Air Force Base description: Travis AFB Becomes an Early Adopter of Iris, MetroStar's Groundbreaking Confined-Space Maintenance Solution. image: https://blog.metrostar.com/hubfs/Iris-News-Travis.jpg --- [![MetroStar Systems Logo](https://blog.metrostar.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MetroStar_Jan2021/images/Logo-2021.png?width=413&name=Logo-2021.png "MetroStar Systems Logo")](https://www.metrostar.com/) - Who We Are - [Meet MetroStar](https://metrostar.com/who-we-are/) - [Leadership](https://metrostar.com/leaders/) - [Partnerships](https://www.metrostar.com/partnerships/) - [Innovation Lab](https://www.metrostar.com/innovation-lab/) - [Contract Vehicles](https://www.metrostar.com/contract-vehicles/) - What We Do - [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.metrostar.com/ai-and-government/) - [Digital Experience](https://www.metrostar.com/digital-experience/) - [Application Modernization](https://www.metrostar.com/application-modernization/) - [Enterprise IT](https://www.metrostar.com/enterprise-it-services/) - [Products + Solutions](https://www.metrostar.com/federal-government-products-solutions/) - Who We Serve - [National Security](https://www.metrostar.com/national-security/) - [Defense](https://www.metrostar.com/defense-customers/) - Insights - [Blog](https://blog.metrostar.com/) - [Case Studies](https://www.metrostar.com/case-studies/) - [News + Events](https://metrostar.com/news-events/) - Join Us - [Careers](https://www.metrostar.com/join-us/) - [Open Roles](https://www.metrostar.com/jobs/) - [Cleared Jobs](https://www.metrostar.com/cleared-jobs/) - [Veterans](https://www.metrostar.com/veterans/) - [Internships](https://www.metrostar.com/internships/) - [Contact Us](https://metrostar.com/contact-us/) - Who We Are - [Meet MetroStar](https://metrostar.com/who-we-are/) - [Leadership](https://metrostar.com/leaders/) - [Culture](https://metrostar.com/culture/) - [Partnerships](https://www.metrostar.com/partnerships/) - [Innovation Lab](https://www.metrostar.com/innovation-lab/) - [Contract Vehicles](https://www.metrostar.com/contract-vehicles/) - What We Do - [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.metrostar.com/ai-and-government/) - [Digital Experience](https://www.metrostar.com/digital-experience/) - [Application Modernization](https://www.metrostar.com/application-modernization/) - [Enterprise IT](https://www.metrostar.com/enterprise-it-services/) - [Products + Solutions](https://www.metrostar.com/federal-government-products-solutions/) - Who We Serve - [National Security](https://www.metrostar.com/national-security/) - [Defense](https://www.metrostar.com/defense-customers/) - Insights - [Blog](https://blog.metrostar.com/) - [Case Studies](https://www.metrostar.com/case-studies/) - [News + Events](https://metrostar.com/news-events/) - Join Us - [Careers](https://www.metrostar.com/join-us/) - [Open Roles](https://www.metrostar.com/jobs/) - [Cleared Jobs](https://www.metrostar.com/cleared-jobs/) - [Veterans](https://www.metrostar.com/veterans/) - [Internships](https://www.metrostar.com/internships/) - [**Contact Us**](https://metrostar.com/contact-us/) [news](https://blog.metrostar.com/news) > [Feature](https://blog.metrostar.com/news/tag/feature) # MetroStar's AI-Powered Maintenance Platform Iris Selected by U.S. Air Force at Travis Air Force Base 3 MIN READ 07/20/2026 | [Feature](https://blog.metrostar.com/news/tag/feature) | [AI/ML](https://blog.metrostar.com/news/tag/ai-ml) | [Innovation Lab](https://blog.metrostar.com/news/tag/innovation-lab) ![MetroStar's AI-Powered Maintenance Platform Iris Selected by U.S. Air Force at Travis Air Force Base](https://blog.metrostar.com/hubfs/Iris-News-Travis.jpg) Written By: [Rachel Teter-Coble](https://blog.metrostar.com/news/author/rachel-teter-coble) ***RESTON, VA — Mon., July 20, 2026*** *—* MetroStar, a leading digital transformation and technology company serving the federal government, today announced that [Travis Air Force Base (Travis AFB)](https://www.travis.af.mil/) in Fairfield, California, has directly purchased [Iris](https://www.metrostar.com/iris/), MetroStar and [ActionStreamer’s](https://actionstreamer.com/) AI-powered maintenance product purpose-built for high-risk, confined-space operations. Travis AFB joins MetroStar as an early adopter partner, marking a pivotal step in the modernization of aircraft maintenance across the U.S. Air Force. Iris began as an [Air Force Spark Tank](https://afwerx.com/divisions/spark/spark-tank/) idea developed by Airmen stationed at Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall to enhance maintenance on KC-135 aircraft. It now transforms how maintainers operate in some of the most hazardous environments in the world—confined aircraft spaces where visibility is limited, risks are high, and the margin for error is zero. By combining UL 913-certified intrinsically safe wearables, real-time two-way audio and video, AI-powered knowledge retrieval, and a searchable digital log book, Iris creates a fully connected, intelligent maintenance workflow. Every session is captured, every decision is informed, and no maintainer has to work alone in the dark again. "Travis AFB's adoption of Iris shows a commitment to the men and women who keep our aircraft mission-ready," said Cedric George, Maj. Gen. (ret.), USAF, Vice President of Strategy and Growth at MetroStar. "I've spent decades in uniform understanding what's at stake when a maintainer crawls into a confined space with incomplete information and no backup. With Iris, we are bringing the full power of artificial intelligence directly to the warfighter and not as a back-office tool, but as an always-available, safety-critical partner right there in the work environment.” For aircraft maintainers at Travis AFB — home to one of the largest air mobility fleets in the world — daily operations demand both precision and endurance. Confined-space maintenance on C-5M Super Galaxies, C-17 Globemasters, and KC-46 Pegasus involve complex, high-consequence tasks that have historically relied on manual processes, paper documentation, and direct physical oversight. Iris removes those barriers. With IRIS deployed, maintainers can: - Access real-time remote expert support without requiring additional personnel to enter hazardous spaces - Chat with an AI assistant grounded in the unit's full technical knowledge base, surfacing relevant procedures, past maintenance records, and video documentation instantly - Full motion video (FMV) AI with zero shot object detection for maintenance scenes - Stream live video and audio to safety officers and engineers monitoring operations remotely via UL-certified wearable devices - Automatically capture and organize every maintenance session into a searchable digital log book, ensuring 100% traceability and compliance The result is a measurably safer, faster, and more scalable maintenance operation with projected impact including 35,000+ potential annual work hours recovered, and 7,000 days of additional aircraft availability gained across a fleet. MetroStar is committed to working hand-in-hand with Travis AFB as an early adopter, ensuring the platform delivers maximum value to maintainers, safety officers, engineers, and operations leaders from day one. The team will embed with Travis AFB personnel from day one, working within existing workflows to capture institutional knowledge, validate operational use cases, and mature the platform through real-world feedback. Iris delivers enhanced situational awareness into system performance and fuel-related maintenance conditions, accelerating reconstitution, reducing aircraft downtime, and strengthening the readiness posture of one of the Air Force's most critical air mobility installations. “What makes Iris different is the underlying layered intelligence. We're not simply placing a chatbot on the maintenance line; we're providing maintainers with a mission-ready digital assistant that understands their environment, workflows, and technical data. Behind the scenes, Iris combines zero-shot object detection and semantic search on FMV streams with a retrieval-augmented knowledge base grounded in unit-specific technical data. Iris can surface a relevant technical order procedure, develop and submit work orders, and log the session simultaneously, without the maintainer changing how they work. That's the hard engineering problem we solved," said Hannah Hunt, MetroStar’s Vice President of Product. Iris is available through the [Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace](https://www.tradewindai.com/tw-marketplace), the DoD's premier platform for acquiring innovative commercial technology, reducing procurement barriers and accelerating adoption across the joint force. ### **About MetroStar** [MetroStar,](https://www.metrostar.com/) a Veritas Capital portfolio company, is delivering next-generation products and solutions to U.S. government agencies. Focused on mission acceleration and cutting-edge technology, MetroStar equips agencies with the tools and strategies needed to navigate the future of national security, including AI, digital transformation, application modernization, and enterprise IT. 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