My writing in the Aerospace industry encompasses Avionics, Airlines, Aircraft Manufacturing, and Helicopters. These stories run the gamut from history to the latest trends, and insights into the people who run the industry.
2025
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AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
The Power of Engine MRO Modules Aircraft engines are both essential and extraordinarily complex. This is why MROs pay particular attention to these engines during servicing, and why the makers of MRO software have created ‘Engine MRO Modules’ to assist them in this work. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
Multicore Processors: Why They Are Becoming Standard Equipment in Modern Avionics Originally designed for the high-performance computing industry, multicore processors are now becoming standard equipment in modern avionics. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
ERP Systems vs. Best of Breed: Choosing the Right Software for Your Needs As airlines, MROs, and other aerospace organizations digitize their operations, they are faced with a key strategic question: Which software approach is better, ERP or “best of breed”? [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
CAE Opens First-Ever Air rac Services Training Centre CAE is known for building world-class flight trainers. But on January 16, 2025, the company changed its game by officially opening up CAE's first-ever Air Traffic Services Training Centre (ATSTC) on its campus in Montreal, Canada. [See the story] |
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Advances in Avionics Displays Avionics displays are vital interfaces between aircraft systems and human operators. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
CAE: An Innovative Company at the Cutting Edge of Cool In a recent edition of Aerospace Innovations, we covered the official opening of CAE’s Air Traffic Services Training Centre (ATSTC) on its Montreal campus, adjacent to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
The Push to Paperless MRO Management Moving to paperless MRO management systems is a win-win for all involved. [See the story] |
2024
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AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
Advances in Flight Simulation AXIS Flight Simulation, CAE, Collins Aerospace, and Indra Keep Pushing the Envelope. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
Bringing Vertical Integration to the Aerospace Industry: Can It Be Done? For almost 100 years, the automotive industry has streamlined manufacturing through the process known as “vertical integration”. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
Iris Set to Revolutionise European Air Traffic Control Europe’s airspace is one of the most congested in the world. Despite the heavy impact of COVID-19 on the world economy - including on the aviation sector - the number of flights returned to about 2019 levels in 2023 and is expected to reach the anticipated 50% forecast increase by 2050. [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
Making MROs More Sustainable What does it mean to be sustainable? Well, according to the United Nations Brundtland Commission, sustainability is defined as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
The State Of MRO Technical Training: A Conversation With CAE's Shaun Kuldip According to the training firm CAE, the demand for new MRO technicians will hit the half-million mark in less than a decade. [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
How MRO IT Systems Ensure Compliance With SMS And Other Required Programs An exclusive aviation maintenance virtual roundtable. [See the story] ROTOR PRO
Best Of 2024 Roundup This has been a banner year for innovation in the rotor industry, with all kinds of exciting new ideas moving from thought to physical reality. Here are some of the most stunning projects that crossed our desks this year! [See the story] SPACEQ
2024 Was A Busy Year For Canadensys, Builder Of Canada's First Lunar Rover A case in point: Canadensys and its team of subcontractors are busy building Canada’ first lunar rover, under contract to the Government of Canada and the Canadian Space Agency, for deployment at the Moon’s South Pole. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
Making Aviation Safer Through Enhanced Flight Vision Systems: An Aerospace Innovations Roundtable. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
HIL Testing Vital to Aerospace Innovation With its use of artificial intelligence, real-time sensor tracking, and networked digital technology, the world of aerospace innovation is beyond the point where conventional flight testing will do. [See the story] ROTOR PRO
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Are Changing How Crews Are Trained There’s a revolution taking place in pilot training, thanks to VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality; also known as mixed reality or MR) [See the story] ROTOR PRO
Best Of 2023 Rotor Tech Roundup Nine companies made our ‘Best of Rotor Tech’ list this year. The accomplishments they racked up during 2023 are truly impressive. Let’s get right to them! [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
IT systems become integral to Engine maintenance Now more than ever, airlines and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organizations are seeking ways to improve their engine maintenance programs in a bid to reduce costs and improve turnaround time. [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
PMA Parts Market Booming In the world of commercial aviation, PMA (Parts Manufacturer Approval) manufacturers play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of aircraft by keeping them flying with high quality parts. [See the story] SPACEQ
NorthStar, SES Sign Deal to Monitor SES’ Satellites in Orbit NorthStar Earth & Space (NorthStar), the a space-based situational awareness startup, has signed satellite operator SES as its first major commercial client. [See the story] ROTOR PRO
Q&A With Pratt & Whitney - Canada Taking Helicopter Engines to the Next Level All around US. technology is changing. The helicopters of our youth are dinosaurs compared to today's aircraft. The modern engines that power these helicopters have become sophisticated, digitally controlled power plants designed to optimize performance and reliability while also reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. [See the story] ROTOR PRO
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ARE CATCHING ON WITH SMALLER OPERATORS - AND GETTING BETTER! There is no doubt that implementing safety management system (SMS) leads to safer, more predictable flight operations for helicopter and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) owners/operators. [See the story] |
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Ensuring Robust, Resilience Cybersecurity for Civil Aircraft Cyber-attacks against all aspects of civil aviation are on the rise, necessitating the implementation of robust, resilient cybersecurity measures in this vital industry. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
Analysing/ Comparing Data from Different MRO IT Systems and Sources Data is at the heart of modern aircraft maintenance. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
Trends in Real-Time Simulation and Validation Testing: An Aerospace Innovations Roundtable Real-time simulation and validation testing is an effective way for the aerospace industry to test aviation systems and diagnose potential problems in the digital realm, before committing resources to build actual equipment in the physical world. [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
The State Of Widebody Aircraft/Engine Maintenance The number of widebody commercial aircraft in the world is increasing, and so is the need for these aircraft and their engines to be serviced by MRO shops. [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
Software A Must For Keeping Track Of Spare Parts Managing spare parts inventories in the aviation MRO sector is an extremely challenging task. [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
Narrowbody Engine Maintenance Market Is Strong! The airline industry’s enduring love for cost-effective narrowbody aircraft is driving strong growth in the narrowbody engine maintenance market. [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
PMA Parts Update: The Industry Is Still Booming! In mid-2023, Aviation Maintenance published an article entitled, ‘PMA Parts Market Booming’. [See the story] ROTOR PRO
What Is Ai's Future In Rotorcraft? Once upon a time, AI (artificial intelligence) was just a buzzword for all that was new, cool, and impossible in technology. But no longer. [See the story] SPACEQ
ESA Selects Kepler For HydRON Space-Based Terabit Broadband Network The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Canada’s Kepler Communications as prime contractor on the ESA’s High Throughput Optical Network (HydRON) development program. [See the story] SPACEQ
Canada Needs To Get Serious About Space Defence In an increasingly dangerous world, space is becoming part of the global battlefield. So if Canada wants to protect the space assets it relies on, it needs to get serious about space defence. [See the story] AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
Pushing the Envelope Again: Britain’s Sixth Generation Tempest Fighter Jet British aviation has a history of pushing the envelope, as proven by legendary aircraft such as the Spitfire, the Concorde jetliner, and the Harrier VTOL jump jet. [See the story] ROTOR PRO
Helicopters Team With Drones For Law Enforcement Drones and helicopters seem like a marriage made in heaven for law enforcement agencies [See the story] ROTOR PRO
How Drones and Helicopters Can Work Together In Aerial Firefighting Imagine: sometime in the near future, a combined team of drones and helicopters is dispatched to battle a major forest fire. [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
SPARE PARTS POOLING THE COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO STOCKING SPARE PARTS An aircraft is a collection of parts all destined to be replaced, and the cost to airlines of stocking spare for those parts can run into the millions of dollars. [See the story] AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE
Electronic Tech Logs Whether you call them Electronic Tech Logs (ETLs) or Electronic Log Books (ELBs), the use of digital devices/media for tracking the mechanical/electrical health of aircraft is revolutionizing the aviation maintenance business. [See the story] SPACEQ
Licensing Physicians for Practicing Medicine in Space Who should be allowed to practice medicine in space? The logical answer would seem to be ‘medical doctors’, but the actual answer isn’t as simple as that. [See the story] SPACEQ
Canadian Company Looking to Develop a Nuclear Fission Reactor for the Moon Reliable, consistent electric power is a necessity for establishing human-occupied bases on the Moon. This is why the Canadian Space Mining Corporation (CSMC) of Toronto wants to develop a transportable nuclear fission reactor for use in these locations, under the name ‘Project LEUNR.’ [See the story] |