urgent measuring advice

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urgent measuring advice
good day to y'all, i'm in need of some advice on measuring equipment, i'm in the air force and we have been tasked with tracking a large amount of bushing wear on the landing gear for our aircraft. there are over 125 bushings from .250" to 4.000" and if the bushing is bad, the housing bore will have to be measured too and recorded. up until now we have been using "go - no go" gages and if the bushing or housing was bad and needed to manufacture bushings we could use telescoping gages and micrometers to get the size. some of the work, the gear or components are worked in our shop. some have to be worked on the aircraft and space is limited. they also want us to record the measurement to .0001" also. we have a lot of aircraft and only a few days to get all the bushings measured and recorded.
my question, is there anything on the market that can assist us and make this tasking easer and faster? we are also limited on funding and would like to keep it under $5k but will consider everything. i've been looking at the 2 point pistol grip sets, air gages and other types like laser but haven't been able to find a lot of info. we would like something digital and fairly simple to set up, use and a lot quicker than what we currently have. any and all reasonable suggestions on tooling or expert advice on who to contact will greatly be appreciated by all of us.
i've called several tooling places down town but lately it seems that they are just sales people and have no one that knows much about what they are selling. what i've been able to find is vast and can be pricey and overwhelming.
we in the military are not privy to the vast amount of new items on the market. most shops are set up to work as a field maintenance unit and have the tooling required to work what we have. lately they have been pushing a lot more down to field level but it is up to us to find or make the tooling required. thank god that i had the privilege to work with a lot of you old school guys on conventional machines. y'all taught me a lot at a time when we had very little to work with and a lot of what we needed we made. thank each and everyone of you.

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could you consider a portable cmm arm on a brunson tripod? i have no idea about the accuracy and price, but it's the only thing come into my mind.
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just an idea on the cost issue, have you looked at renting equipment, or maybe some kind of measurement service you can get it?  sorry i can't be more help.
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