We currently offer industry partners access to labs, equipment and programs to further R&D ambitions and training needs.
Soon, our hub will provide hybrid-workplaces, permanent and temporary office or lab space, common areas and event venues, as well as classrooms for in-person learning.
The DAIR hub is being designed to support networking, relationship building, the sharing of ideas, and the ongoing expansion of knowledge and skills of people and organizations.
Renderings courtesy of DTAH Architects Limited
The fully reimagined heritage Moth building will host DAIR and its members’ offices and spaces for events and shared activities.
Thanks to support from Bombardier Inc., Canada Lands Company and the City of Toronto, the Moth building’s refurbishment will commence in 2025.
Fully developed, the DAIR Hub will include buildings suited for offices, labs, and testing facilities for joint or single occupation.
As the hub’s centre piece, the DAIR Innovation Centre, planned to open in ~2027, will offer, will offer hotelling and permanent office space, event venues, classrooms, common boardrooms and flexible office space.
Opened in 2019, this award-winning 130,000-sq.ft. facility houses Centennial’s School of Transportation’s aviation programs, and the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science’s aerospace manufacturing programs.
This state-of-the-art campus includes two aircraft hangars and a variety of aircraft and rotorcraft, as well as labs for electrical, avionics, structural, robotics, CNC programming, engines and composites.
Established in 2018, the Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Advancing Engineering, Research & Innovation in Aerospace (AERIAS) building is a 7,300-sq.ft. facility where faculty, graduate students and industry partners work on R&D projects.
It houses a wide variety of labs and equipment. Research on aircraft interiors is supported by a full aircraft fuselage mock-up (re-configurable) and includes a simulator for aircraft cockpit optimization. Additional equipment includes a testbed for aircraft wing-morphing research, a flat table to simulate a two-dimensional frictionless space environment, and augmented reality tools.
A partnership between Centennial College and SAFRAN Landing Systems, the 6,500-sq.ft. Landing Gear Innovation Lab is used to test next generation landing gear technologies.
Opened in 2021, the custom-built facility includes a CL300 landing-gear test rig, a CRJ200 landing-gear test rig, an actuator test rig and a reach-in environmental chamber.
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Project Title: Development of Safe and Reliable Rechargeable Energy Storage System (RESS) for a Solar Battery Electric UAS
Project Description: The project is to develop Safe and Reliable RESS for Superwake's Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) commercial applications. As Superwake begins its drive towards commercialization of its product, the need for conformity to regulatory standards is critical to the success of the product. This project focuses on a product conformity related to a regulatory framework such as Transport Canada Advisory Circular (AC) No. 922-001 – Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Safety Assurance. More specifically, a more complex RESS is required in advanced operations such as beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), flying in controlled airspace and near people.
Environmental Impact: Low carbon footprint and replacement of aero vehicles that run on fossil fuels. The use of smaller solar battery electric drones can replace some applications of small, manned utility aircraft used in commercial applications. The cost to operate these drones would be substantially lower using solar battery electric drones.
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Nancy Barber

President

Women in Aerospace Canada
An aerospace senior executive with over 20 years of in-depth experience in operations, supply chain, and program management, Nancy Barber has spent much of her career in a product development environment involving large-scale clean sheet commercial and business aircraft programs. Nancy owns her own consulting business, Barber Complete Consultancy Inc, and is currently active in the aerospace industry, focused on leadership development, mergers & acquisitions, commercial strategy, product strategy and business development.
Prior to Nancy establishing BCC Inc., she held the position of Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Business Aircraft, responsible for planning, assembly, and delivery of the Learjet, Challenger, and Global business aircraft as well as the industrialization strategy of Bombardier’s operational footprint. Nancy also held the role of Vice President, responsible for the Global 7500 and Global 8000, and New Aircraft Studies, where she led proactive management or program milestones and cost commitments supporting the ramp up of the Global 7500 aircraft, the largest purpose-built business aircraft world-wide, and its successful entry into service in 2018.
Nancy is a passionate promoter of women in aerospace serving as a mentor, coach, and speaker. In 2020, Nancy was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, and the Northern Lights Aero Foundation awarded her with the Elsie Award for Business in recognition of her outstanding contributions to aviation and aerospace in Canada.
In June 2022, Nancy was appointed President of Women in Aerospace Canada, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to expanding women’s opportunities for leadership and professional development as well as increasing their visibility in the aerospace community by creating a professional network in Canada and across the globe.
Nancy graduated with an Honors Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo and has successfully completed the Queen's University Executive Leadership Program. She is published in the Journal of Sport Management as well as the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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