Newsletter June 2007 Volume 23 No 2

CONTENTS I – INDUSTRY NEWS

I - INDUSTRY NEWS ...... 1

AIR DATA...... 1 AIR DATA BOMBARDIER ...... 1 http://www.airdata.ca CAE ...... 2 CMC ÉLECTRONIQUE ...... 2 Financial support of $900,000 EXELTECH AÉROSPATIALE...... 3 MAETTA ...... 3 Air Data will benefit from a loan of $900,000 provided by MECHTRONIX ...... 3 Investissement Québec for international marketing of its MSB DESIGN...... 3 JetAir family of products. This project was launched in NORDUYN NORSEMAN...... 3 2005 thanks to a $5 million investment by the Fonds de PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA...... 3 solidarité FTQ, and could generate up to 180 jobs. The purpose of the JetAir family is to reduce the risks from

II- TECHNOLOGY ...... 4 contaminated air in aircraft cabins by filtration and purification of the air. Air Data’s technology is based on HVOF PROCESSES ...... 4 technology used in the Russian Mir Space Station, where it plays an essential role in the very efficient III- INDUSTRY DÉVELOPEMENT...... 4 destruction of all kinds of bacteria and viruses. QUALITY ...... 4

IV- MANPOWER AND TRAINING ...... 4 BOMBARDIER

ÉCOLE NATIONALE D’AÉROTECHNIQUE (ÉNA) ...... 4 http://www.bombardier.com

V- SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS, MISSIONS AND Tatarstan Airlines orders six Bombardier CRJ900 SYMPOSIA ...... 5 regional jets

QUÉBEC AEROSPACE ASSOCIATION (AQA) ...... 5 Tatarstan Airlines, based in Kazan, in the Russian CAMAQ ...... 5 Republic of Tatarstan, has placed a firm order for six TURBO EXPO 20075 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets and taken options on four additional CRJ900s. Tatarstan is a Republic in CONTACTING US ...... 5 west-central Russia, at the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers. The value of the order is approximately US$217 million.

Lufthansa orders 15 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets

Deutsche Lufthansa AG has placed a firm order for 15 CRJ900 regional jets. The value of the order is approximately US$584 million. The new CRJ900s will be added to Lufthansa’s regional aircraft fleet, which is used on European routes and for hub feed. One hundred and ninety-six CRJ900 aircraft have been ordered by, or are in service with, Adria Airways, Air Nostrum, Air One, Arik Airk, Atlasjet Airlines, Delta Airlines, Lufthansa CityLine, MAT Macedonian Airlines, Mesa Air Group, Myair.com, Northwest Airlines, SkyWest Airlines and Tatarstan Airlines.

Direction des équipements de transport 

CAE training centre in Morristown, New Jersey, and has been http://www.cae.com jointly certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and by the European Joint Aviation Acquisition of MultiGen-Paradigm Authorities (JAA). Falcon 7X maintenance training began in the fall of 2006, before the certification and CAE has finalized an agreement with Parallax Capital service entry of the aircraft itself. Partners LLC for the acquisition of MultiGen-Paradigm Inc., for $18 million. MultiGen-Paradigm is a leading CAE and Flight Options have signed an agreement supplier of software for the creation and visualisation of for maintenance technician training real-time three-dimensional (3D) simulations. Its primary products include MultiGen Creator, Creator Terrain CAE and Flight Options have signed a five-year contract Studio, Vega-Prime and Lyra, and the company has under which CAE will be the sole source provider of more than 3,000 customers. Its headquarters are in maintenance technician training for Flight Options until Dallas, and it also has offices in Santa Clara, California. 2012. The maintenance technician training will be delivered at CAE’s Dallas training centre and at its new Sale of simulators to Flight Training Finance LLC North-East United States training centre. Training will also be provided at Flight Options bases. The company CAE has announced the sale of a new CAE 7000 Series offers fractional ownership and aircraft leasing services. Embraer 190 Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) to Flight Training Finance LLC (FTF), a simulator leasing Contracts valued at $70 million for five simulators specialist. CAE will also supply a used Embraer 145 Full-Flight Simulator (FFS), originally built by the CAE has announced the sales of five Full-Flight company, and which it will upgrade. The estimated Simulators (FFS) with a total value of $70 million. These contract value is $20 million. The EMB190 simulator will contracts bring to ten the number of FFS’s that CAE has be fitted with a CAE-designed electric motion system sold to-date in fiscal year 2008. CAE will deliver a CAE and the latest generation visual solution, which includes Series 7000 Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) and the new CAE Tropos-6000 visual system and Liquid ground school training devices to Nippon Cargo Airlines Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) projectors. The simulator will (NCA). The Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) will be the first to be delivered in the spring of 2008 and will be used to represent the new B747-8 Freighter. CAE will develop train pilots from Copa Airlines. CAE will deliver the and build a B747-400 FFS, which will be convertible into EMB145 simulator during 2007 to Aeromexico’s Mexico a B747-8F, subject to approval by the Japan Civil City training centre, where it will be used to train Aviation Bureau (JCAB). NCA is the launch customer for Aerolitoral pilots. the B747-8F, and the first aircraft will be delivered in late 2009. B757 simulation equipment CAE has also won an order from Lufthansa Flight CAE has signed a contract with an undisclosed Training (LFT) for a Bombardier Q400 CAE Series 5000 customer for the supply of a range of Boeing 757 simulator. LFT was one of the launch customers for the simulation equipment, including two Full-Flight CAE Series 5000. Simulators (FSS), a Level 6 Flight Training Device (FTD) and a family of CAE Simfinity training devices. The The CAE-Embraer joint venture has committed to two contract is valued at more that $34 million. CAE Series 5000 simulators for Phenom aircraft. The joint venture, which was announced in October 2006, Maintenance training equipment for the German will provide entitlement and ongoing training for pilots Armed Forces NH90 fleet and ground crew for Embraer’s Phenom 100 Very Light Jet (VLJ) and Phenom 300 Light Jet (LJ) business jets. CAE has announced that it has been awarded a contract One of the simulators will be delivered the CAE training by Helicopter Training Media International GmbH (HTMI) centre in Dallas in 2008, and the second to CAE’s for the design and development of virtual training United Kingdom training centre in 2009. systems. They will be used in maintenance training for the German Armed Forces NH90 helicopter fleet. Under Finally, CAE has sold an A320 simulator to Aviation the terms of the contract, CAE is responsible for Training Australasia, better known as Ansett Flight development of Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT) Simulator Centre. It will be installed this summer in software, instructor stations, training courseware, and a Ansett’s Melbourne training centre. training management system for the NH90 helicopter.

Certification of CAE Level C simulator for the Falcon CMC ÉLECTRONIQUE 7X http://www.cmcelectronics.ca/

CAE has achieved an important milestone in the service CMC’s PilotView EFBs on Falcons and a Learjet introduction of its Dassault 7X training program with the provisional Level C certification of what is the first Pentastar Aviation, of Waterford (Michigan), has Dassault 7X Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) in the world. The received Supplementary Type Certificates (STCs) for simulator is located in CAE’s North-East United States the installation of CMC Électronique Class 2 PilotView

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Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) on the Falcon 50, Falcon require approximately 200 kg of raw material, compared 900 and Falcon 900EX, as well as the Learjet 45. to the 2.6 tonnes required when the part is machined.

CMC’s Enhanced Vision System (EVS) sensor certified on the PC-12 MECHTRONIX SYSTÈMES http://www.mechtronix.ca The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the installation of the Suresight M-Series Enhanced Vision Winner of “Business of the year” and “Export” System (EVS) sensor on the Pilatus PC-12. Pilatus awards had already selected the sensor and the PilotView Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) as optional The Québec Federation of Chambers of Commerce has factory-installed equipment for the PC-12. The PilotView selected Mechtronix Systèmes as the recipient of the EFB will function both a stand-alone system, and to “Business of the Year” award (small and medium sized display EVS M-Series information. business category) and winner of the “Export” award, both in the Mercuriades competition. The purpose of the Lufthansa selects a CMC Flight Management System competition is to emphasize and promote the successes (FMS) for the retrofit of its A300-600 fleet of Quebec’s entrepreneurs. Mechtronix develops and manufactures procedures trainers and flight simulators CMC Électronique has signed a contract with Lufthansa for airlines and aviation training schools. and Lufthansa Technik for the supply of its latest generation CMC-9000 Flight Management System (FMS) as a component of the retrofit of Lufthansa’s 14 MSB DESIGN A300-600 aircraft. The installation comprises a dual http://www.msbdesign.ca CMA-9000 system that will provide multi-sensor navigation and enhanced operational capability. Winner of “New company of 2007” Deliveries are scheduled to commence in early 2009. On May 17, the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de la Rive-Sud awarded MSB Design its “new company EXELTECH AÉROSPATIALE of 2007” prize at its Dominique-Rollin Gala. MSB Design http://www.exeltech-aerospace.com specializes in design, engineering and manufacturing for the aeronautics industry. Its two primary areas of activity Maintenance agreement with West Wind Aviation are engineering and design, and the fabrication of business aircraft interior components. MSB has more ExelTech Aérospatiale will provide maintenance than 50 engineers, designers and technicians and uses services to West Wind Aviation, the Saskatoon-based CATIA V5 as its primary tool. regional airline, for its ATR 42 fleet. The 13- month agreement includes renewal options on an annual basis. http://www.noorduyn.ca Contract with Venezuelan customer CONVIASA Major order for its certified onboard stretcher ExelTech has been awarded a maintenance contract by its first Venezuelan customer, Consorcio Venezolano de Noorduyn Norseman, which specializes in the design Industrias Aeronauticas y Servicios Aéreos and manufacture of in-flight service equipment, has (CONVIASA). The contract is for major maintenance received a major order for on-board stretchers. that includes structural inspections and repairs for its Noorduyn Norseman and its United Kingdom sales ATR 42 fleet. The work will be performed at ExelTech’s partner Reheat International have collaborated to offer a heavy maintenance facility at Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau turn-key service to a new customer located in South International Airport in Montréal. Africa. The contract includes the supply of stretchers, a bulkhead modification kit, engineering services, and the related certifications from the South African MAETTA airworthiness authority. http://www.maetta.ca

Effectiveness of powder metals PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA http://www.pwc.ca Natural Resources Canada’s Efficiency and Alternative Energy Program will make a $95,000 contribution to the The PT6A-52 engine for the new King Air B200GT performance of tests under industrial conditions related certified by Transport Canada to the manufacture of small parts using powder injection moulding technology. The advantages of this method In April 2007, the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52 include an ability to optimize the use of raw materials. engine, which has been selected to power the new By way of example, a year’s production of one part will King Air B200GT, was certified by Transport Canada. FAA certification is anticipated for this quarter. 3

A derivative of the PT6 family, the PT6A-52 turboprop Précision - MRT Robotic - Nétur - Patenaude Industries will replace the PT6A-42 that is installed on the latest - Pega Précision - Pratt & Whitney Canada - Produits King Air B200GT twin-engined aircraft. The first intégrés Avior - Quéloz - RTI-Claro - Sargent production engine should be delivered to Hawker Aérospatiale Canada - Sermatech Canada - Sido - Beechcraft Corporation at the end of June 2007. Sinters Canada - Sonaca NMF Canada - Techniméca - Techniprodec - Teco Précision - Thales Canada - TNM The engine fleet achieves half a billion flight hours Anodisation et Peinture - Verdun Anodisation

The 42,000 in-service Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) 1 AS 9110 certified company engines have accumulated more than 500 million flight Pôle Air Aviation hours. On an annual basis, this represents a take-off or landing every 2 seconds in one of the 194 countries in 89 ISO 9001:2000 (2000 version) certified companies which PWC engines operate. More than 9,000 ABB Bomem - Abipa - Air Data - Air Terre Équipement - customers operate in a wide range of business, general, Almaho - Alphacasting - Alta Précision - Amphenol Air utility and regional airline aircraft and helicopter LB North America - AP&C Advanced Powders & Coating applications. - Apollo Micro-Ondes - ATD Design Services - Atelier d’usinage F.J. - Automatech Industrielle - Averna Inauguration of the new Customer First Centre Technologies - Avitec - Bombardier Aéronautique - CAE (génie logiciel) - CanRep - CEL - Circuits CMR - CMC Pratt & Whitney Canada continues the development of Électronique - Composites Atlantic - C.P.S. Industries - its global customer support network with the launch of its CS Communication & Systèmes Canada - Deburex - new “Customer First Centre”. This new Centre brings Delastek - Diacarb - Élimétal - Finecast - Fiso - Flexibulb together technical support, logistics, maintenance - Gentner - GFI - GGI International - Goodrich - Groupe engineering, engine maintenance programs and Meloche - Gurit - Harbour Industries - Hemmingford warranty. It will be located at the company’s Aérospatiale - Howmet - ICT - JSR2 - Lavod - Leesta - headquarters in Longueuil, Québec, Canada, and Liebherr Aerospace Canada - Lisi Canada Aerospace - services will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a Lockheed Martin - LSI Luminescent - L-3 MAS - week. Marquez Transtech - MDS Aero Support - Mecachrome - Mecaer - Mesotec - Metcor - Minicut - Mitec - MRT Robotics - Oerlikon Contraves - Optimus - Patenaude Industries - Pega Précision - Placeteco - Précision JLM - II - TECHNOLOGY Quéloz - Rasakti - Rolls-Royce - Sargent Aérospatiale Canada - Sermatech Canada - Sermati Canada - Shellcast - Sico - Sido - Sinters Canada - Soudure INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS INSTITUTE Aérospatiale - SPG Data 3D - Techniprodec - http://www.imi.cnrc-nrc.gc.ca Techspace Aero Canada - Teco Précision - Terminal & Câble TC - Thermetco - TMH Canada - TNM HVOF Processes Anodisation et Peinture - TQF Technologies - Tribospec - Trident Industries - Ultraspec - Verdun Anodisation - In order to support industry in the development of Vestshell coating processes, the NRC’s Industrial Materials Institute, located in Boucherville, has acquired High 12 NADCAP certified companies Velocity Oxy-Fuel (HVOF) equipment. The Institute is Bodycote - CP Tech - Howmet - Lego - Metcor - collaborating with McGill University to develop alloys Optimus - Soudure Aérospatiale - Tecnickrome - TNM and coatings that are resistant to wear and corrosion. Anodisation et Peinture - Ultraspec - Vac-Aéro - Verdun Anodisation

III – INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT If your company has received ISO, AS or NADCAP certification, but does not appear on this list, please let us know.

QUALITY

51 AS 9100 certified companies IV – MANPOWER AND TRAINING Abipa - Air Data - Alta Précision - Automatech Industrielle - Bombardier Aéronautique - CanRep - CMC Électronique - Composites Atlantic - DCM Aéronautique ÉCOLE NATIONALE D’AÉROTECHNIQUE - Flight Dynamics - GE Elano - Générale électrique du (ÉNA) Canada - Goodrich - Harrington - Hemmingford

Aérospatiale - Héroux-Devtek - Honeywell - Howmet - Electronic management of jobs and work experience JSR2 - Lavod - Leesta - Lisi Canada Aerospace - L-3 at ÉNA MAS - MDA Space - Mecachrome Canada - http://[email protected] Mecachrome Technologies - Mecaer - Mesotec -

Messier-Dowty - Metcor - Meyer Canada - Moncar

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Since last fall, the School’s student placement service has been using a job and work experience management Turbo Expo 2007 in Montréal is a major success system that allows employers from the aeronautics industry to communicate with recent and earlier ÉNA Between May 14 and 17, the American Society of graduates by email. By using this system, an employer Mechanical Engineers held its annual congress and can send an offer of a job or of work experience directly exhibition, Turbo Expo 2007, at the Palais des congrès and promptly to graduates. They, in turn, can submit an in Montréal. The event was a notable success, with a application to the employer if the position is of interest to record number of attendees (more than 3,000) and them. This free service is offered to both recent and exhibitors (165) from more than 50 countries. Québec longer-term graduates who have an interest in monitoring had a presence in the form of a joint stand representing the job market. Additional information is available at the MDEIE, CRIAQ, MI, Aéro Montréal and CIADI. Its Internet site referenced above. purpose was to convey the scale of the Québec aerospace industry. New program in aircraft maintenance

The new “Aircraft Maintenance Techniques” program will commence in the fall 2007 session. ÉNA took the decision CONTACTING US to offer this program, which responds to industry needs, based on an assessment of the job requirements of aircraft maintenance technicians. The updated program attempts Newsletter coordinator: Louise Racine to respond to changes in work processes and in the Transportation Equipment Branch, equipment used. Students will have access to new Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Exportation (MDEIE), equipment and the number of hours of hands-on training th experience will be increased. 380 Saint-Antoine West, 4 floor, Montréal (Québec) H2Y 3X7 Telephone: 514-499-6535 Facsimile: 514-864-3755 V – SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS, MISSIONS E-mail: [email protected] AND SYMPOSIA L'Aérospatial is also available on the Ministry’s Web site: http://www.mdeie.gouv.qc.ca QUÉBEC AEROSPACE ASSOCIATION (AQA) http://www.aqa.ca

News from the AQA

The third supper meeting of the year took place on April 25, 2007, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montréal. More than 200 people attended. The invited speakers were Mr. Michael Fortier, the Federal Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Madame Madeleine Caron, sous-ministre adjointe au ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation, and Madame Diane Autran, president of the magazine Plein Vol.

CAMAQ http://www.camaq.org/

Aérosalon 2007: successful landing

The first Aérosalon, an event organized by the Comité sectoriel de la main-d’œuvre en aérospatiale (CAMAQ), took place between May 25 and 27 at St-Hubert airport. The purpose of Aérosalon was to expose the general public to the aerospace industry, and particularly the various industry-specific training programs that are available and the associated careers in the industry. During the weekend, 20,000 people attended to learn more about the industry first hand.

TURBO EXPO 2007

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