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…
The head of one of Ottawa’s largest aerospace firms says a recently signed $30-million contract with Air France Industries gives the local company a foothold in a field traditionally dominated by its competitors. MDS Aero Support Corp. designs and supplies test facilities and systems for…
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…
Ottawa, January 11, 2011 – MDS and Air France Industries have signed a milestone design and supply contract for a new engine test facility near Paris. The new MDS-designed facility, located at Charles De Gaulle Airport, will be capable of testing engines up to 150,000…
MDS has recently joined a team of researchers in a three-year project aimed at developing new, and adapting existing, methods for measuring non-volatile particulate emissions from aircraft engine exhaust gases. Partners in this project, the University of Alberta (leading the project), the University of British…
Scott Shepherd, Chair MDS Aero Support Corporation MDS is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Scott Shepherd as Chairman of its’ Board of Directors. Mr. Shepherd is the Founder and Chief Executive of Northstar Trade Finance Inc., one of Canada’s premier trade finance organizations…
MDS recently returned from China with an Agreement to design and supply a Industrial Gas Turbine Test Facility for PetroChina to be built in Langfang, China (approx. 60 km SE of Beijing). The test cell is part of an MRO facility, used to overhaul and…
MDS Aero Support Corporation: 25 Years Ottawa, March 29, 2010 – In honour of its 25th year in business, today MDS Aero Support Corporation unveiled its new website (mdsaero.com) along with a totally revamped brand image. MDS has evolved over the years, and it is…
New Premier Centre for Cold Weather Testing Thompson , Manitoba The Environmental Test Research and Educational Centre (EnviroTREC) was unveiled in Thompson , Manitoba on April 16, 2009. EnviroTREC will be a globally unique engine test and certification centre. The prime purpose of this facility…
