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。它在**2015年为经济贡献了超过211,000个增值工作岗位。加拿大航空制造业的研发密集度是制造业平均水平的5倍以上。**在全球范围内，40%的商业客机使用安大略省制造的起落架。即便如此，该行业仍面临**挑战，包括：(A)开发创新技术；(B)克服技术采用的障碍；**和(C)培训劳动力以支持增长。为了帮助安大略省的航空业，我们提议的研究**计划使用行业主导的供应链模式来开发专注于**主要在加拿大制造的喷气式飞机的下一代起落架技术。庞巴迪航空航天公司、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后的**技术商业化。在省级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)建造了一个耗资7000万美元的航空航天**校区，这里曾是德哈维兰的工厂。2018年秋季开业后，该园区**将使我们航空和航空航天培训计划的现有能力增加两倍，以应对行业劳动力**增长和预期的退休。我们的研究计划将为**500多名学生提供直接的体验式学习。数十名面临障碍的第一代学习者和学生将获得新的技能，成为**高素质的专业人员，为**创新密集型行业的高质量、先进的制造业职业生涯做好准备。它将创建唯一可公开访问的起落架创新实验室，这是加拿大的**竞争优势。通过结合电气化、轻量化和附加**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相交。它利用现有投资和我们有影响力的记录，**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 in**2015. 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 faces**challenges 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 research**program uses an industry-led supply chain model to develop next generation landing gear technologies focused**on jets primarily made in Canada. Bombardier Aerospace, Safran Landing Systems, and lower tier**small/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 ensuing**technology. Backed by provincial and federal governments, our College is also building a $70M aerospace**campus at Toronto's Downsview Park, the former de Havilland factory. When open in Fall 2018, this campus**will triple the current capacity of our aviation and aerospace training programs to address industry workforce**growth and anticipated retirements. Our research program will provide direct experiential learning to more than**500 students. Dozens of first-generation learners and students facing barriers will acquire new skills to become**highly qualified professionals ready for high quality, advanced manufacturing careers in an**innovation-intensive industry. It will create the only publicly-accessible Landing Gear Innovation Laboratory, a**competitive advantage to Canada. By incorporating electrification, light-weighting, and additive**manufacturing, the next generation landing gear will reduce carbon footprints. Our proposal intersects with**government, industry, and college priorities. It leverages existing investments and our impactful record to**accelerate industry-led innovation while benefiting society and our planet.******