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Canadian Sensors Tackle High-Altitude Ice-Crystal Threat
Originally published by Graham Warwick for Aviation Week & Space Technology on April 18th 2016 Canada’s climate and reliance on aviation has established the country as a center for icing research. Its latest achievement is development of two ice-particle detection...
The Race for the Ultra-Efficient Jet Engine of the Future
Originally posted by Richard Martin for Technology Review on March 23 2016 Although early flights have not been trouble-free, the new turbofan engines promise more efficiency and lower carbon emissions. The commercial aviation industry emits 705 million metric tons of...
Manitoba Aerospace Research and Technology Consortium making plans!
The Manitoba Aerospace Research and Technology Consortium (MARTC) was formed in early 2015 with the intent to follow up and mobilize Manitoba’s Technology Road Map. MARTC meets regularly and is comprised of Large and Small - industry participants, academe, and NPO...
Boom Time for Civil Engine Makers
Civil engine production-rate records are set to tumble; military makers face more uncertainty by Guy Norris for Aviation Week & Space Technology, Jan 5 2016 Propelled by the extraordinary surge in demand for single-aisle aircraft, both CFM International, the...
GLACIER Icing Facility-Lessons Learnt in Five Years of Operation
Jim MacLeod, Michael Clarke, and Doug Marsh recently wrote a paper on our GLACIER Facility in Thompson, Manitoba. Major General Albert Husniaux, NATO Chief Scientist, presents the von Kármán Medal to Mr. MacLeod at the formal awards ceremony held in Tirana, Albania on...
NATO’s von Kármán Medal bestowed on Canadian researcher
Jim MacLeod, NRC researcher, awarded prestigious medal for service in research collaboration. Everyone knows that collaboration is one of the key factors in business growth; it can help to expand networks and complete large, complex projects. But accessing...
Air Canada backs effort to build homegrown ‘green’ jet fuel infrastructure
Ambitious project aims to eventually tap into existing fuel-delivery systems at Canadian airports. by Tyler Hamilton, originally published in the Toronto Star on December 10th 2015. Air Canada is looking to boost aviation's use of "green" jet fuel. (Photo by Andrew...
How to Recover from Tailplane Icing
by Ross Detwiler, Aviation Week Editor’s Note: The author’s long aviation career has included stints as a flight instructor, line pilot and chief pilot, during which he accumulated considerable time flying everything from the F-4 Phantom and C-5 Galaxy to Gulfstreams,...
Cadorath Engineering Inc. reaches DAO Status
Cadorath Engineering Inc. reaches new heights and becomes Canada’s latest Design Approval Organization Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – After three years of hard work, employees in Cadorath’s engineering and quality assurance departments are flying high. The company...
Pratt & Whitney Sees Bright Future in Additive Manufacturing
In the 1980s, Pratt & Whitney began working with additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing. Since then, the company has produced more than 100,000 prototype parts. Hundreds of those have been supporting the development of Pratt & Whitney's new engine...