DLR received one million euro from the City of Hamburg for the construction of a large-scale facility. By the end of 2019, the DLR Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul will have set up the MRO 4.0 Application Centre. With the Application Centre, DLR is creating a platform in which partners from industry and science can conduct joint research. Topics include new maintenance technologies, processes and strategies, digitalisation in aircraft maintenance and comprehensive condition monitoring of systems.