Designs and builds turnkey gas-turbine engine and engine-component test facilities and the nxDAS data-acquisition and control systems that run them, for aero-engine makers, MROs and research institutions.
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Designs and builds turnkey gas-turbine engine and engine-component test facilities and the nxDAS data-acquisition and control systems that run them, for aero-engine makers, MROs and research institutions.
Canadian head office at 200-1220 Old Innes Road, Ottawa, with support offices in the UK, Germany, China and India - a Canadian parent with foreign subsidiaries. mdsaero.com
Marked 40 years of gas-turbine test solutions in 2025, having built test facilities across five continents since 1985. mdsaero.com
Commissioned its nxDAS data-acquisition system at GE Aerospace's Cincinnati-area test cells, with a ribbon-cutting in December 2025. No contract value is disclosed. mdsaero.com
Named one of Canada's Best Managed Companies by Deloitte for a 14th consecutive year, announced May 2026. mdsaero.com
Ownership is not stated on its own site. Corporations Canada shows Canadian directors and a Canadian parent, MDS Aero Holdings Inc., incorporated 2023 and renamed from MDS Synops Holdings in 2025. ised-isde.canada.ca
Its 1985 founding predates the current legal entity: the original federal corporation is now inactive and the operating company dates from a certificate of amalgamation on 2020-03-30. ised-isde.canada.ca
Products MDS Aero Support publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Engine test facility
Turnkey indoor and outdoor full-engine, core-engine and component test facilities, including fan test facilities with anechoic chambers, compressor rigs, combustion rigs and turbine test facilities.
Learn moreData acquisition system
Its own modular data-acquisition suite covering acquisition, recording, configuration, smart alarming, visualisation and orchestration at sub-millisecond resolution, hardware-agnostic and commercially deployed.
Learn moreTest equipment
Thrust measurement systems, engine adapters, lube oil consoles, hydraulic starter units and environmental simulation, plus electric-propulsion and sustainable-fuel test solutions.
Learn moreHow MDS Aero Support says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Publicly announced partnerships.
Customer and collaboration: nxDAS commissioned at GE Aerospace test cells with a ribbon-cutting in December 2025. No contract value disclosed.
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