“What is that big golf ball doing eating that engine?!” One of the more intriguing pieces of test equipment that always generates questions when anyone sees a picture of one is the informally named “golf ball” or Inlet Control Device. MDS has a proven design…
[raw] This past spring, Kevin Fitzgerald, MDS Aero Support’s President and CEO, led the company in a campaign to raise money for The Ottawa Hospital’s White Coat Campaign. The White Coat Challenge inspires local Ottawa businesses to raise money to purchase the latest life-saving technology…
In June 2011, MDS and the National Research Council of Canada presented at the SAE 2011 International Conference on Aircraft and Engine Icing and Ground Deicing in Chicago, Illinois. The conference was for those in the industries of aerospace, aviation, and meteorology to discuss safe…
Visit MDS at the Dubai Airshow, the foremost aerospace event in the Middle East. The show will be running from November 13-17, 2011 at the city’s Airport Expo. We will be exhibiting at booth E217, located in the Canadian Pavillion. We look forward to the…
Visit MDS at the International Aviation and Space Salon being held at Ramenskoye Airfield in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, Russia from August 16 – 21, 2011. We are exhibiting at Hall F3, Booth #36 which is the Canadian Pavilion. We look forward to the opportunity to…
SAE 2011 International Conference on Aircraft and Engine Icing and Ground De-icing June 13-17, 2011 Chicago, Illinois, USA In June, Jim MacLeod from NRC and John Jastremski teamed up to present a technical paper regarding the Icing Spray System that was developed and implemented at…
Visit MDS at the Paris Airshow: the world’s largest aerospace industry show, being held at Le Bourget Exhibition Centre from June 20 – 26, 2011. We are exhibiting at Hall #3, Stand #E79 in the Canadian Pavilion. MDS will be showcasing our 150klbf test facility…
MDS AeroTest is pleased to announce that in partnership with the National Research Council of Canada, Rolls-Royce Canada and Pratt & Whitney Canada, we have successfully completed our first cold weather testing season. The primary purpose of the Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental…
Ottawa, January 12, 2011 – MDS, through its subsidiary, MDS AeroTest, is operating and maintaining the largest and most advanced cold weather test and research facility for gas turbines in the world. The Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER) in Thompson, Manitoba…
Ottawa, January 12, 2011 – MDS has been awarded a contract to design and supply an Industrial Gas Turbine Test Facility for Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB. The test facility will be used for both production and development testing of Siemens’ current and future gas turbine…
