Aerospace

Air transport drives the Canadian economy and society as a whole. For more than 50 years, NRC researchers have worked to improve the design, manufacture, performance and safety of aerospace vehicles while reducing costs and environmental damage.

Institutes and Programs

• National Research Council Canada
• NRC Institute for Aerospace Research
• NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre

Research Programs

• Acoustic Testing
• Active Noise Control
• Advanced Cockpit Displays
• Aeroelasticity
• Aging Aircraft Structures
• Air Data Calibration and Measurement
• Airborne Atmospheric Research, Remote Sensing and Aeromagnetics
• Airborne Microgravity Experiments
• Aircraft Modeling and Airborne Simulation
• Aircraft Systems Development and Integration

Research Projects

• Aerodynamics of Helicopter / Ship Interface
• Air Data Calibration and Measurement
• Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging
• Aircraft Performance on Winter-Contaminated Runways
• Bonded Joints and Patch Repair
• Convair 580 Instrumentation Pylons
• De-Icing Fluid Separation Tests
• Enhanced Visual Techniques
• NRC Aerospace Specimen Library
• Passive Radar Receiver

Business Opportunities and Services

• Services

  NRC offers a variety of services to businesses. Individual institutes offer for-fee services, ranging from calibration to development of building codes. Browse a variety of services that NRC offers related to aerospace.

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• Facilities

  National Research Council (NRC) facilities offer Canadian businesses and universities access to state-of-the-art equipment, research and training programs, and world leading design, fabrication, testing and co-location facilities. Browse our state-of-the-art facilities related to aerospace.

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Publications

• NRC-authored publication citations are available in the NRC Publications Archive (NPArC).