Deploying the Next Generation of Landing Gear for Energy Efficient Aircraft at Centennial College

航空航天工业对加拿大至关重要。2015年，它为经济贡献了超过21.1万个增值工作岗位。加拿大航空航天制造业的研发密集程度是制造业平均水平的5倍以上。在全球范围内，40%的商用飞机都使用安大略省制造的起落架。即便如此，该行业面临的挑战包括：(a)开发创新技术；(b)克服技术吸收的障碍；(c)培训劳动力以支持经济增长。为了帮助安大略省的航空航天工业，我们提出的研究计划使用行业主导的供应链模型来开发下一代起落架技术，主要集中在加拿大制造的喷气式飞机上。庞巴迪宇航公司、赛峰着陆系统公司和较低级别的中小型公司将共同创新，以减少技术采用的障碍。他们拥有经验，专业知识，设施，关系和认证，以满足全球法规并将随之而来的技术商业化。在省政府和联邦政府的支持下，我们学院还在多伦多的唐斯维尤公园（Downsview Park）建造一个耗资7000万美元的航空航天园区，这里曾是德哈维兰（de Havilland）的工厂。当2018年秋季开放时，这个校园将使我们目前的航空和航天培训项目的能力增加三倍，以解决行业劳动力增长和预期的退休问题。我们的研究项目将为500多名学生提供直接的体验式学习。数十名第一代学习者和面临障碍的学生将获得新技能，成为高素质的专业人士，为在创新密集型产业中从事高质量、先进的制造业职业做好准备。它将创建唯一一个可公开访问的起落架创新实验室，这对加拿大来说是一个竞争优势。通过结合电气化、轻量化和增材制造，下一代起落架将减少碳足迹。我们的建议与政府、行业和大学的优先事项有关。它利用现有投资和我们的影响力记录来加速行业主导的创新，同时造福社会和我们的地球。

The aerospace industry is vital to Canada. It contributed more than 211,000 value-added jobs to the economy in2015. Canadian aerospace manufacturing was over 5X as R&D-intensive as the manufacturing sector average.Worldwide, 40% of all commercial airliners deploy landing gears made in Ontario. Even so, the industry faceschallenges including: (a) developing innovative technologies; (b) overcoming barriers to technology uptake;and (c) training the workforce to support growth. To help Ontario's aerospace industry, our proposed researchprogram uses an industry-led supply chain model to develop next generation landing gear technologies focusedon jets primarily made in Canada. Bombardier Aerospace, Safran Landing Systems, and lower tiersmall/medium-sized firms will co-innovate to reduce barriers to technology uptake. They have the experience,expertise, facilities, relationships, and certifications to meet regulations globally and commercialize ensuingtechnology. Backed by provincial and federal governments, our College is also building a $70M aerospacecampus at Toronto's Downsview Park, the former de Havilland factory. When open in Fall 2018, this campuswill triple the current capacity of our aviation and aerospace training programs to address industry workforcegrowth and anticipated retirements. Our research program will provide direct experiential learning to more than500 students. Dozens of first-generation learners and students facing barriers will acquire new skills to becomehighly qualified professionals ready for high quality, advanced manufacturing careers in aninnovation-intensive industry. It will create the only publicly-accessible Landing Gear Innovation Laboratory, acompetitive advantage to Canada. By incorporating electrification, light-weighting, and additivemanufacturing, the next generation landing gear will reduce carbon footprints. Our proposal intersects withgovernment, industry, and college priorities. It leverages existing investments and our impactful record toaccelerate industry-led innovation while benefiting society and our planet.