July 2019

22/07/2019

MDS and Rolls-Royce reach major milestone in the design & construction of the largest indoor aviation test facility in the world

It has been just over a year since MDS was named prime contractor for the new Rolls-Royce facility in Derby and the building is already taking shape. The facility takes the standard U-shape of indoor aviation test facilities, but the size, wall thickness, and additional...

16/07/2019

Women in Engineering:
Rachel Cardone – Manager of Purchasing at MDS Aero Support Corporation

Rachel Cardone is a graduate of the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Ottawa. She began her career at MDS as an Applications Engineer working on database design and refinement as well as designing graphical user interfaces. From there, she moved into the Instrumentation...

11/07/2019

Women in Engineering:
Dionne Barwise – Director of Measurement Engineering at MDS Aero Support Corporation

Dionne graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. She began her career at Nortel Networks in Ottawa as part of a team that was responsible for the world’s first facility capable of testing wireless equipment...