Often working closely with publicly funded researchers, they are developing lighter, stronger, more efficient next generation products using advanced polymers, bio-composites and super conductive materials.
Pratt & Whitney Canada, for example, with 1500 engineers working at their R&D facilities in Mississauga, Ontario and Longueuil, Quebec, is investing $1.5 billion over five years to stay at the forefront of green engine technologies.
Aerospace leaders such as Pratt & Whitney Canada, Bombardier Aerospace, COM DEV and dozens more are plugged into our network of industrial and public-sector researchers and their facilities.
Researchers at a number of universities and institutions, including the University of Waterloo, the University of Ottawa, McMaster, Queen's, Carleton, the University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies, and Ryerson University's Institute for Aerospace Design and Innovation (RIADI), are all working closely with industry partners on cutting-edge projects.
Groundbreaking discoveries are also being made and tested at public research centres across Ontario including:
- Institute for Aerospace Research, Ottawa, Canada's national laboratory for aerospace R&D
- David Florida Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada's world-class spacecraft assembly, integration and testing centre
- Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, London, a breeding ground for new products and technologies.
Ontario's Centres of Excellence Inc. can help companies develop commercial applications for ground-breaking discoveries made at our public research labs.
