NRC — Aerospace Research Centre

Who is eligible?

The grant is designed for projects related to aerospace research, development, and innovation; however, specific evaluation and selection criteria for projects under this grant are not provided in the given context.

Eligible expenses

The grant supports a range of research and development activities that enhance technological innovation and collaboration in the aerospace and defense sectors. Eligible projects prioritize sustainable practices, safety improvements, and cutting-edge technology development.

• Research and development initiatives in advanced aerial mobility, focusing on overcoming technical and regulatory challenges of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
• Projects aimed at developing clean technologies for sustainable aviation and transitioning to net-zero emissions.
• Initiatives that utilize digital twins and virtual testing to reduce time and costs in the development and certification of aeronautical products.
• Research in aerospace manufacturing and automation, including advanced composite and metallic manufacturing processes, automation, and robotization.
• End-to-end air travel research projects ensuring a safe and healthy travel experience through design, fabrication, testing, and certification improvements.
• Safety enhancement projects focusing on atmospheric and icing condition detection techniques for improved aircraft safety.
• Climate resilience and space projects addressing aerodynamic challenges and space-based technology advancements.
• Defense projects supporting the Royal Canadian Air Force’s operational needs and defense industry capabilities.
• Industrial R&D group initiatives aimed at collaborative aerospace value chain partnerships to share R&D project benefits, costs, and risks.
• Technical and advisory service projects, including testing, certifications, calibration, prototyping, demonstrations, scale-up, and consulting services.

- Our team of experts can assist in overcoming technical and regulatory challenges in the next generation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for advanced air mobility. - We are actively supporting the aerospace sector in developing clean technologies to transition to net-zero aviation for sustainable aviation. - Our digital technologies experts can help reduce development and certification time and costs for aeronautical products through digital twins and virtual testing. - Aerospace manufacturing and automation support is available for partners to develop advanced composite and metallic manufacturing processes, including automation and robotization. - We focus on enabling the advancement of design, fabrication, testing, and certification of products to ensure a safe and healthy end-to-end travel experience in air travel research. - The team is working on testing and validating various new atmospheric and icing condition detection techniques to enhance aircraft safety in the domain of icing and safety. - Expertise in aerodynamics, climate-resilient infrastructure challenges, and space-based science and technologies are available to address these critical areas for climate resilience and space. - Collaboration with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for operational needs and advancement of key defence industry capabilities in the realm of defense and sustainment. - Our specialized advisory services cover a wide range of offerings from testing and certifications to calibration, prototyping, demonstrations, scale-up, and consulting to cater to the needs of various aerospace stakeholders.