Canada is home to many aerospace companies that have a well-deserved global reputation for quality, value, performance and reliability, and according to the Government of Canada, aerospace companies employ over 89,000 skilled professionals alone.
Centennial College is collaborating with Ontario’s aerospace industry to provide direct experiential learning to students while helping to keep Canada at the forefront of aircraft technology R&D.
Centennial has been a leader in aviation for more than 40 years, and we continue to move forward in aviation and aerospace as a focus area of activity.
Centennial is a founding partner of the DAIR (Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research) hub, which is led by our Strategic Initiatives and External Relations (SIER) team. In an era of change, our students and research teams are using technology and science to change the world.
ARIES works closely with a strong pool of expertise from Centennial’s School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science (SETAS), and School of Transportation (SOT) to advance aerospace research projects, and our newest campus – the Bombardier Centre for Aerospace and Aviation at Downsview Campus – is the latest development of Centennial’s outstanding institutional footprint in the aerospace sector.
The new campus is part of the DAIR, bringing together academic and industry partners to catalyze new research, innovation and development initiatives in aerospace.
Our partners include, but are not limited to:
- The Ontario Aerospace Council, which consists of 200+ member companies, mostly SMEs, representing 70%+ of the Ontario aerospace industry employment base.
- Bombardier Aerospace, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative aviation products and services for business aircraft.
Watch: Bombardier donates a state of the art Global 7500 flight test vehicle to Centennial. - Safran Landing Systems, the world’s largest manufacturer of aircraft landing gear.
- Marsh Brothers Aviation, a Burlington, ON-based SME that delivers innovative solutions for aircraft landing gear, flight controls and actuation systems.
- FIBOS Inc., founded in Toronto, Canada, in 2016, who intend to disrupt the industrial sensing market by offering an optical alternative to traditional electrical sensing solutions.
- Lynch group of companies, dedicated to designing and manufacturing hydraulic motion control manifolds and integrated hydraulic systems.
- Downsview Aerospace Innovation & Research, an incorporated not-for-profit consisting of companies and academic institutions building an aerospace hub at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario.
Centennial College ARIES is a member of the Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI), a Niagara College-led consortium of postsecondary academic institutions that provides competitive, disruptive and innovative solutions to Ontario’s manufacturers.
Recent aerospace research project updates:
- Kicking Off a 3-Year Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Project with Bombardier and TMU
- Aerospace Future Initiatives Planning at Downsview Campus
- Aerospace Industry Leaders Share Excitement for proposed “Hangar of the Future” Technology Access Centre
- Centennial College Applied Research group hosts Annual General Meeting for SONAMI innovation network
- Landing Gear Innovation Lab Showcased at SAE International Committee Worldwide Meeting
- Bombardier Delivers its Donated Global 7500 Aircraft to Downsview Campus
- Centennial Soars in Aerospace Research Activity
- Centennial Dedicates Centre for Aerospace and Aviation to Bombardier and Celebrates Donation of a Global 7500 Business Jet
- NC-led SONAMI Soars With New Member Addition
- Student Researchers Wrap Up Final Phase of 3D Printing Project
- Design Underway for Phase Two of Additive Manufacturing Project
- Read More ARIES News
Spotlight: Landing Gear Innovation Lab
The Landing Gear Innovation Lab is a newly constructed ~6,500 ft2 lab located at 75 Carl Hall Rd next to Centennial College’s Downsview Campus focused on investigating next-generation landing gear technologies. Click here or see below to explore its facilities, equipment and capabilities!
What Our Student Researchers Say:
“This was a good experience because it provided an environment that I could actually face after college.”
– Suhaan Vyas
“I thought I was just going to apply a lot of theoretical skills, and I particularly am doing that, but there’s a lot of new things I am learning, too. The project has given me practical exposure and really helped me polish my leadership skills and become a successful project manager in the future.”
– Manav Jitendrakumar
