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AUGUST 2018 VOLUME 8 ISSUE 8 Credit: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Canada’s Trusted Industry Partner for over 75 Years | Canadian Industry Online | 1 CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - DECEMBER 2015 Lockheed Martin LOCKHEED MARTIN CANADA: the Lockheed Martin Canada portfolio OPENING DOORS TO OPPORTUNITY now includes many military and com- AND INNOVATION mercial businesses, i.e. unmanned ve- hicle controls (via subsidiary CDL Sys- HEADQUARTERED IN CANADA’S tems) and the repair and overhaul of capital is a company with more innova- commercial airplane engines (via LM tion and technology behind it than most Commercial Engine Solutions). The com- companies will develop in a lifetime. But pany is consistently exploring opportu- what’s more, Lockheed Martin Canada, nities developing radar platforms, simu- led by Chief Executive Charles Boucha- lation and training, repair and overhaul, rd, exemplifies an enterprise with the military and renewable energy, as well strength and tenacity needed to not only as the recapitalization of the RCAF and be a leader in security and aerospace but RCN fleets. also in community commitment. The Ca- nadian arm of Lockheed Martin Corpora- Canadian Industry recently had the tion—which employs almost 100,000 distinct pleasure of speaking with the people world-wide—Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Canadian team, includ- Canada has an incredible impact on the ing Bouchard, to talk about the compa- Canadian economy, people, and future ny’s strengths, plans for the future, and of the nation’s defence capabilities. dedication to Canadians. The Lockheed Martin Aircraft Com- pany set up operations in Canada close to 80 years ago to maintain Hudson bombers that were manufactured in Cal- ifornia and sent to Canada with the in- tent to support war efforts. Lockheed’s “Innovation is history of supplying airplanes to the Roy- al Canadian Air Force provided the foun- dation that solidifies the company’s do- the future of this mestic presence today. While Lockheed Martin Canada still has a very important relationship with the Royal Canadian Air company.” Force (through delivery of the C-130J,) it also has a partnership with the Royal Canadian Navy and commercial sectors: 2 | Canadian Industry Online | | Canadian Industry Online | 3 CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - DECEMBER 2015 Lockheed Martin THE CANADIAN GOLD STANDARD business development “in naval tech- IN DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY AND nology and systems integration, as well A Proud Trusted Partner SYSTEMS as the delivery and in-service support of military aircraft,” Lockheed Martin Can- of Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Canada has been ada is also “now diversifying beyond de- operating for almost eight decades, pro- fense to include autonomous systems, viding a platform for the company that commercial aircraft, cyber security, and extends well beyond many organizations energy among others.” existing today. Lockheed Martin (global) 1x Oil Debris Monitor – Lift Fan has earned a reputation as a second-to- As Bouchard notes, “innovation is none innovator in four key areas: aero- the future of this company.” R&D in Can- 2x Blade Health Sensors – Main Engine ada for Lockheed Martin comes from GASTOPS nautics, rotary and mission systems, PRODUCT SOLUTIONS 1x Oil Debris Monitor – Main Engine missiles and fire controls, and space. three main channels: spending on new Bouchard notes that although the Cana- capabilities, R&D investment in compa- dian arm of the company has traditional- nies and universities, Canada’s Indus- ly been focused within these areas, dedi- trial and Technological Benefits (ITB) cated to supporting Lockheed’s global program, and the acquisition of inno- vative companies in Canada to provide an opportunity for those companies to expand their operations including R&D and commercialization of new technolo- “We are fortunate to have a gy. According to a recent report on Lock- heed Martin Canada operations and long-standing relationship with economic impact by PriceWaterhouseC- oopers (PwC), spending on developing Lockheed Martin in Canada that new company capabilities amounted ADVANCED INDICATION OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE has contributed to our success.” to $18.8 million in the last decade. Dur- ing this time, Lockheed Martin Canada Real-Time Indication of Damage | 100% Detection | Maximize Equipment Availability & Safety says Gastops CEO Dave Muir. spent $2.1 million on internal R&D to de- velop the Combat Management System Gastops designs, manufactures and supports advanced sensing and analysis products including on-line oil debris monitoring sensors, turbine blade health sensors, and at-line wear debris analyzers. “We look forward to continuing CMS 330. The company also developed Additionally, we offer a wide range of specialized technical and engineering services to assist in the another technology through internal design, development and in-service support of equipment maintenance systems. We offer peace of mind to our customers by supporting the equipment that helps their aircraft fly, ships sail, this partnership for many years R&D called the Solar Tilt Axis Roll Track- trains roll, generators generate, and turbines turn. er, which moves to follow the sun and is to come.” therefore more efficient than traditional fixed solar panels. LONG LIVE EQUIPMENT | gastops.com 4 | Canadian Industry Online | | Canadian Industry Online | 5 CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - DECEMBER 2015 Lockheed Martin For over 35 years, Gastops’ solutions have been used in Defence, Aerospace, Energy and Marine applications to optimize availability, readiness, maintenance, performance and safety of complex rotating equipment. We offer peace of mind to our customers by supporting the equipment that helps their aircraft fly, ships sail, trains roll, generators generate, and turbines turn. Gastops designs, manufactures and supports advanced equipment sensing and analysis products, including on-line oil debris sensors, torque measurement sensors, turbine blade health sensors, and at-line wear debris analyzers. Additionally, we offer a wide range of specialized technical and engineering services to assist in the design, development and in-service support of equipment control, monitoring and maintenance systems. Gastops has applied our equipment condition analysis engineering capabilities to develop and execute fleet maintenance programs, which transform maintenance from the traditional scheduled or reactive maintenance, to a more proactive condition-based approach. This approach has also exposed us to the industry need to provide high performance, responsive, maintenance, repair and overhaul services for high value aviation components. Gastops is headquartered in Ottawa, with offices in Halifax and St. John’s and a network of partners all over the world. Shipboard operations recognized In total, the team flew 270 hours and performed approximately 975 landings on the flight decks of HMCS Montréal and HMCS Halifax. On May 16, AHS International recognized Canada’s DND and aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for “conducting an extraordinary international effort” to demonstrate the A combined RCAF 12 Wing–Sikorsky aircrew demonstrated full use of the Cyclone’s full authority fly-by-wire flight controls, which can hold the aircraft in a precise hover during high wind states. helicopter’s ability to operate from the ship in high sea states typically found in the North Atlantic during winter. Key among the design features Sikorsky engineered for the Cyclone were a retractable probe on the belly of the aircraft to more securely cinch the 29,300-lb. Cyclone to the ship’s flight deck in high The combined test force sailed five times into the waters off Nova Scotia from 2010-2017 between late December and early March when the weather conditions produced 6m (20-ft) wave heights and sea states. 6winds | upCanadian to 55 knots (100 Industry km/hour or 63 mph).Online | The shipboard tests were part of a 10-year, 2,800-hour flight test program that’s expected to conclude in early 2019. | Canadian Industry Online | 7 CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - DECEMBER 2015 Lockheed Martin R&D investment for Lockheed Mar- tenance, do their jobs more efficiently. tin Canada is paramount, as the com- Lockheed Martin investment into con- pany drives the next evolutions of pro- textere was $1.1 million USD in 2017— grams and technologies necessary to all part of commitments associated Canada’s future on the world stage of with Canada’s acquisition of its fleet of defense innovation. For instance, Lock- CC-130J tactical transport aircraft. heed Martin holds equity positions in Another such project is “Project small and medium sized companies in Descartes”. In 2012, Lockheed Martin Canada that directly contribute to future invested $300,000 into this project as commercial and military ventures. One part of a quantum computing research example is an Ottawa company called consortium led by Dalhousie Univer- contextere, which is developing Artifi- sity, which in turn led to a spinoff com- cial Intelligence (AI) software solutions pany called QRA (Halifax-based) that that will help blue-collar workers, such Lockheed Martin now holds an equity as workers who perform aircraft main- position in. Additionally, QRA has also received over $4 million in Lockheed in- vestments. Just last year the Lockheed Martin Canada Aeronautics division con- The Second Heart Project tributed $2.7 million to the Marine Addi- tive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence The Second Heart project at the University at the University of New Brunswick, in of Waterloo,