OUR STORY
We’re the trusted advisor between aviation pain points and solutions.
For too long, operators have been pitched the wrong software by sales teams that don’t know the difference between an airline and an MRO. Aero NextGen is the independent match engine built by people who do.
SOLUTIONS ADVISORY
We're the trusted advisor between aviation pain points and aviation tech.
Aero NextGen connects aviation companies and maintenance, repair, and overhaul organizations with trusted aviation technology solutions and qualified service providers. We help aviation companies address operational challenges, improve efficiency, and solve systemic pain points by matching them with solutions built for the industry.
As a trusted aviation technology advisor, we help companies through the process of identifying, evaluating, and selecting the right solutions for their specific needs. Our mission is to advance aviation through smarter solutions.
What We Do
Match aviation operations with vetted technology & service providers.
TECHNOLOGIES WE EXPLORE
From predictive maintenance to blockchain & beyond.
We track the aviation tech that’s shaping the future — so our clients stay informed and ahead.
THE FOUNDER'S STORY
Advancing Aviation with Smart Solutions
Monica Badra built Aero NextGen after nearly a decade in aviation and MRO — not as a vendor, but as someone who lived the chaos. This page is a personal look at what drives her, and why this platform exists at all.
FOUNDER & CEO
Monica Badra
Forbes 30 Under 30 · Transportation & Aerospace 2026
MEET MONICA BADRA
The matchmaker between aviation pain points and next-gen tech.
With a decade in aviation, MRO, and digital transformation, Monica built Aero NextGen as a movement — to help and encourage the industry to make use of technology to drive efficiencies.
She has reshaped how the industry finds solutions to solve systemic issues, becoming the go-to matchmaker connecting legacy aviation pain points with next-gen tech solutions.
Monica brings expertise across operations, finance, strategy, and technology, serving as a trusted liaison between serving as a trusted liaison between aviation organizations and qualified solution providers.
After almost a decade inside the aviation maintenance world, I kept watching the same thing happen on every shop floor: smart operators with hard problems getting pitched generic SaaS by sales teams who couldn’t tell a Part-145 from a Part-91 environment. The mismatch was costing millions and slowing the entire industry down. Aero NextGen exists to be the bridge that should have always been there.
My career started on the ops side — running maintenance programs, dealing with airworthiness records, fighting with ERPs that weren’t built for the work. That ground-level experience is what shaped the strategy behind this platform. I’ve sat on both sides of the desk: buying broken software, and watching vendors pitch the wrong product to the wrong operator. Aero NextGen is the tool I wish I’d had.
Yes. Operators never pay to use the Solution Finder, browse vendors, or receive a shortlist. Vendors pay for downstream visibility — listings, profile enhancements, qualified-lead facilitation — but those payments never affect your shortlist ranking. We publish our methodology, we disclose vendor relationships when they exist, and we’d rather lose a vendor partnership than compromise the buyer’s outcome. That’s the only way this works.
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INSIGHTS & RESOURCES
Latest from the Aero NextGen blog
Buyer guides, comparisons, and decision-support content — written by aviation specialists, reviewed by industry experts.
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Three minutes. A vendor-neutral shortlist. Zero sales calls. That’s the promise — and we deliver it every day to operators who needed a better way.