Engineering Solutions

Leveraging our extensive engineering capability in custom product design, manufacturing, and certification; IMP Aerospace provides full design, analysis, and support services to complement the MRO and ISS activities or as standalone services.

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With over 45 years of experience and more than 150 professional engineers, technologists, designer / draftspersons and technical specialists on staff, IMP Aerospace is equipped to meet a full range of customer needs for everything from damage repair design and analysis through major modification design and certification to full fleet in-service support.

Based on our experience and expertise in providing unique engineering solutions for real world problems, IMP Aerospace has been granted Airworthiness Approval Authority by both the Canadian Department of National Defence and Transport Canada. Our comprehensive engineering expertise encompasses the following: 

  • systems design and integration
  • maintenance and modification support
  • certification testing and analysis
  • configuration management
  • technical publications

Other technical services include:

  • manufacturing support
  • structural analysis
  • finite element modeling
  • electromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic interference testing
  • corrosion control and prevention techniques
  • fatigue and damage tolerance analysis
  • repair design and certification
  • weapon system studies
  • software engineering
  • project management

Established in 1998, IMP Aerospace’s TCCA DAO 98-A-01 continues to serve as the primary airworthiness foundation for all IMP Aerospace’s civilian engineering programs. Our DAO provides the following services to operators, completion centres, maintenance, repair, and overhaul providers:

  • Engineering and design services
  • Development and execution of civil certification programs to TCCA, FAA and EASA standards
  • Ground and flight test programs
  • On-site evaluation and support
  • Findings of compliance
  • Issuance of airworthiness approvals
  • Continuing airworthiness support
  • International airworthiness authority liaison (FAA, EASA)
  • Consultation services on airworthiness issues

Repair Design Approvals (RDA):

  • Structural and mechanical systems repairs
  • All categories of fixed and rotary wing aircraft and appliances

Supplemental Type Certificates (STC):

  • Interior completions and modifications
  • Structural and mechanical systems installations, upgrades and alternates
  • Avionics systems installations