By Garrett Reim2020-12-14T23:09:00+00:00
Saab is offering to open two new aerospace centres as part of its Gripen E proposal for Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project.
The aerospace facilities, the Gripen Centre and the Aerospace Research & Development Centre, would be based in the greater Montreal region, the company announced at Aero Montreal’s International Aerospace Innovation Forum 2020 on 14 December.
Source: Saab
Gripen E
Mission system software and hardware development, as well as integration, for the proposed Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Gripen E would be done at the Gripen Centre.
The Aerospace Research & Development Centre would focus on a variety of aerospace technologies, including automation, artificial intelligence and “greening” technologies. That work may or may not be directly related to the Gripen E. Rather, the research and development would focus on next-generation aerospace technologies more generally.
By Jon Hemmerdinger2020-12-14T16:59:00+00:00
Quebec’s aerospace industry has partnered with the aerospace cluster in Japan’s Aichi prefecture, home to Japanese aerospace company Mitsubishi Aircraft in the industrial city of Nagoya.
MHI RJ Aviation chief executive Hiroaki Yamamoto disclosed the partnership during the first day of the International Aerospace Innovation Forum, on 14 December.
He says that the aerospace clusters will, on 15 December, sign a memorandum of understanding to form the partnership.
Details have not been disclosed.
MHI is a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), which also owns Nagoya-based Mitsubishi Aircraft, developer of the SpaceJet regional jet programme.
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