Eligible R&D Activities in the Aviation/Aerospace Industry

Canada is home to more than 700 aerospace companies employing over 85,000 skilled professionals. The aerospace industry contributed $12.6 billion to the Canadian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2017. The industry exports about 75 percent of its output to customers worldwide. It is also a top R&D stakeholder among all Canadian manufacturing industries, with investments totalling $1.7 billion in 2017. [1]

Examples of Eligible R&D activities :

• Extending knowledge of new composite materials to replace parts to both extend life and minimise weight;
• Developing new aircraft and related equipment;
• Developing manufacturing processes to increase capacity, whilst reducing costs;
• Reducing the weight of in-flight equipment to achieve an appreciable improvement in performance;
• Developing digital systems to replace legacy analogue systems;
• Integrating available equipment on new platforms;
• Duplicating material development process from the automotive industry to provide light-weight requirements of space travel;
• Developing test rigs to resolve technological uncertainty for space travel.

Expenditures can include wages, third party contractor cost, materials, machinery, equipment, and overheads.

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[1] Source: Aerospace and Defence in Canada