Test facilities validate that gas turbine engines can endure realistic and extreme conditions. World-leading engine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the aviation, industrial, and marine sectors have chosen MDS to carry out the designs of these innovative and unique test facilities all over the world since 1985.
We provide the complete solution for full engine and engine module testing. Our designs and products are the trusted solutions for next generation development engines, current production engines, and in-service engines.
For engine developers, MDS technology provides better data faster. For facility operators, recognizing the value inherent in limiting cell time to test time, you can count on flexible test solutions that maximize facility efficiency and minimize operating costs.
MDS AeroTest/GLACIER
Low-pressure Compressor
High-pressure Compressor
Combuster
High-pressure Turbine
Low-pressure Turbine



Fan test facilities have been designed and supplied by MDS to test aerodynamic performance and noise characteristics of development fan test rigs. MDS designs fan test facilities with low acoustic signatures of test systems components, and turbulence control screen (TCS) devices to emulate the engine and acoustic signature of the fan test articles in a free field.

MDS designs and supplies core engine test facilities to test aerodynamic performance of the aviation gas turbine engines’ core engine (gas generator) components. These facilities are equipped with pre-heated, pressurized, and/or ambient flow-conditioned inlet systems. These provide an environment for stable, repeatable, and accurate core engine test articles performance testing. The inlet system includes options for thermal boundary layer bleed system.

MDS designs and supplies compressor test facilities that provide the optimal environment for testing development of multi-stage compressor test articles in closed-loop or open-loop configurations. The emphasis of the design is on accurate testing and on operational functionality. MDS designs allow measurement of aerodynamic/aeromechanic performance characteristics over wide range of speeds and operating lines.



“At MDS, we are lucky to work with the best. Our customers are best in class and our own level of expertise is unmatched.”
JOHN JASTREMSKI, Chief Executive Officer, MDS


















In 2011, when we chose MDS for this project, MDS was the only company that met our requirements. What we appreciated about this project was the support during the commissioning of the test cell and the high level of knowledge of the test cell itself.
JULIEN GALICHET, Test Cell Manager, Air France
It looks like we’re approaching the finish line now and I’m confident that we’re going to have a good product. We selected MDS because of its expertise in the CLE testing arena. I’ll be very happy to work with MDS in the future.
Ernst-Georg Schröder, Head of Production New Engine Build, Rolls-Royce
The folks I’ve worked with at Rolls-Royce, the people at MDS, the people of Thompson, the folks at NRC, have at all stages been nothing but the best people I’ve worked with in quite a while. Glacier has been an outstanding project.
MARTIN SHENKLE, Pratt & Whitney
“We do a lot of interesting technical things at MDS, and that brings a lot of personal satisfaction. Designing something on paper, witnessing it being built, and then seeing the scale of it in operation, that is very rewarding.”
GEORGES ABI-ABDALLAH, Manager of Mechanical Engineering
“What I like best about MDS is working with a good team of people. We’re a very cohesive team and we all work really hard together in order to accomplish the tasks we’re given. Part of what’s interesting about working here at MDS is that a lot of your colleagues have similar interests as you do.”
LEO RITORTO, Senior Mechanical Engineer
“You need a broad skill set to work at MDS, which is one of the benefits of working here. It’s such a broad scope that you end up learning all kinds of things you wouldn’t normally be exposed to in school.”
PETER OMA, Manager of Instrumentation Engineering
“What’s unique about MDS is you get ownership over your design from start to finish, including shaking the clients hand at the end of the day when your finished. That is very rewarding.”
PETER OMA, Manager of Instrumentation Engineering
“I love my job because of the multi discipline nature of it. It’s very challenging and we work with very sophisticated clients….It’s a very rewarding environment and everyday there’s something new and exciting. I find it very easy to come to work everyday.”
PETER OMA, Manager of Instrumentation Engineering
“There’s passion here at MDS which is not always seen in other companies. The opportunity to travel worldwide, work with a variety of different companies and in different countries was certainly something that attracted me to MDS, and one of the main reasons I chose to come to here.”
RANDY VAN DER STARREN, Senior Project Manager
Looking for more information? Reach out to info@mdsaero.com with your questions about our engine test solutions.
