Civil Applications
The key to Cert Center Canada’s value in the civil sector is the application of our unique combination of experience, independence, tools and methods to optimize our customers’ programs and reduce their risk in a completely open manner. Add to that the fact that Cert Center Canada’s sister company, Marinvent, provides IP, tools and has a stellar reputation with civil regulators including TCCA, FAA and EASA, making us the ideal partner on civil aerospace programs regardless of how large or small.
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Independent Certification Design Approval Organization
Outsourced Airworthiness & Certification
Product Design & Program Management
Flight Test Planning & Execution
Design Approval Organization
The Flight Test Centre of Excellence (3C) is Canada’s premier Design Approval Organization (DAO). TCCA approved, and specializing in aerospace flight testing, certification, research and development (R&D). 3C focuses on traditional and emerging aerospace technology innovation for the civil and defence sectors.
3C works on numerous projects and helps companies develop, test, evaluate and integrate new technologies for civil and defense applications, while meeting airworthiness and certification requirements.
We also have strong expertise in enabling technologies and system-level integration and validation, as well as the necessary technical expertise and experience
3C has a large collection of Design Approval Representatives under it’s umbrella, with great experience and excellent track record (more than 50 TSOs and STCs)
Delegations include:
- Software
- Hardware
- Flight Analyst Fixed Wing
- Flight Analyst Rotary Wing
- Flight Test Fixed Wing
- TSO
Outsourced Services Provision & Airworthiness Certification
- To Transport Canada, DTAES and ADM(Mat) to assist them in managing demand peaks, staff shortages and training needs
- Outsourced avionics and aircraft systems test and certification
- Covers all aspects of verification, validation and certification activities, right up through TSO and STC
- Flexible to either fill gaps in Customers’ resourcing or expertise (help deal with peaks in demand) or to offer turnkey solutions
Subject Matter Experts
Key to Cert Center Canada’s success is its very broad understanding and experience in aerospace.
Cert Center Canada has experts in the following fields:
- Flight test and flight test engineering
- Aircraft, avionics, software and hardware certification
- Human Factors
- Simulation
- Qualifiable software tools
- Certifiable embedded systems and software
- Electronic charting
Flight Test
- Cert Center Canada’s expert test pilots, flight test engineers and Flight test and Flight Analyst DARs provide flexible and cost-effective flight test solutions:
- On Cert Center Canada’s own advanced aircraft or on Customer-sourced aircraft
- Fixed and Rotary wing
- Covers evaluation, demonstration, flight test certification
Fixed and Rotary Wing Test Pilots
Extensive experience with both military and commercial flight test
- Broad range of type ratings
- Independence and reliance on objective flight test approaches using industry best practice methods
- Efficient design, management and execution of flight test programs using Synthesis tools
Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) Approval
3C’s PC12-NG is in the process of being fully equipped as an atmospheric chase aircraft that will be used to conduct the required flight testing of aircraft, including drones, to obtain FIKI approval from TCCA.
FIKI approval has never been achieved for a drone, but is an absolute requirement for consistent and persistent year round operations in Canada.
3C is already under contract with one of the major drone manufacturers to achieve this milestone.
Product Design & Program Management
Consulting for companies specifying or designing new aerospace and defence products that must meet airworthiness requirements
- All of the projects Cert Center Canada works on are assigned a project manager
- Cert Center Canada has multiple full-time Project Management Professionals that are also domain experts, providing the perfect combination to optimize project efficiency
Training
- Expert training with practical lessons learned and hands-on content in:
- Certification & Airworthiness
- Flight test and flight test engineering
- Hardware, software and flight test certification
- Application of civil certification processes
- Useful to help fill Customer expertise gaps
- Standard courses and customized courses
- Virtual or on-site
Research & Develpoment
- Outsourced research and development of aerospace and avionics concepts for military and civil customers. Can be as a result of Customers’ problem definitions or as adaptations of existing internal R&D being carried out by Cert Center Canada.
- Applies to TRL 1 – 7 technologies
Testing & Evaluation
- Cert Center Canada’s unique “Come As You Are” concept helps Customers economically and rapidly evaluate technologies in a representative and comprehensive environment using Cert Center Canada’s own research simulator and Avionics Test Bed.
- Allows for early evaluation of prototypes to obtain objective feedback on technology functionality in an integrated environment (ATC, Pilot, other aircraft, other avionics)
- Does not require costly aircraft modifications (no holes, no cables, no flight ready hardware required)
Tools and IP Licensing (using Marinvent IP)
Synthesis ® Tool is designed specifically for complex requirements-driven programs with multiple stakeholders, where progress and compliance must be demonstrated. The tool is designed to optimize and reduce the risk of the development, test and approval of high-value systems requiring independent approval/certification to independently mandated/controlled regulations
- Originally designed for flight test certification, now being used in a broader sphere of requirements-driven programs
- Significant risk, time and cost savings
- Provide real-time management oversight and visibility
- Pertinent to development/test/certification processes across all sectors
Cert Center Canada makes available the Intellectual Property that it develops (through Marinvent) to Customers as licensable software or licensable patents (exclusive or non-exclusive)
- Such IP can be incorporated by Customers into their own products and branded as their own
- Provides a ready-made market discriminator for Customers’ products
- Cert Center Canada also available to assist with integration of IP into Customer products
Tier 0 Consulting Services
For Government Customers to help them make the best aviation-related procurement decisions
- Example Success Stories (see: Canadian Coast Guard)
