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Transport Canada > Transportation Development Centre > Project Directory > Air Transportation

TDC’s air transportation program is designed to improve the safety, efficiency, and competitiveness of Canadian aviation. It focusses on:

  • work in support of federal policy decisions
  • cooperative activities to ensure harmonization of international aviation R&D;
  • studies to provide a basis for the development of regulations and standards for crew training and operations, as well as for materials and equipment
  • development of innovative technologies, equipment, and research expertise in advanced concepts and meteorology
  • development of technological means to improve accident prevention and survivability
  • investigation of operations in Canada’s severe winter conditions
  • development of improvements to airport operations, from runway management to advanced air navigation systems
  • studies of human factors in all areas of aviation


Policy Support
Navigation and Communications
Regulation and Standards: Crew Training
Regulation and Standards: Material and Structural Integrity
Regulation and Standards: Accident Prevention and Survivability
Regulation and Standards: Winter Operations
Air Traffic Control
Work Stations and Human-Machine Interfaces

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