1. Presentation: Aero Montreal Innovation Forum
Heavy Lift Cargo Airships for Northern Operations
April 25, 2016

2. LTA Aerostructures (“LTAA”) “Patented” lenticular cargo airships
Background
LTA Aerostructures (“LTAA”) “Patented” lenticular cargo airships
The world is entering a new era of widespread availability and use of cargo airships
Heavy lift cargo airships are a “Green” technology, and can serve the Arctic year round with a low carbon footprint
Communities and industries in Canada’s north are ready for heavy lift cargo airships:
Mining: Equipment
First Nations: Housing, food
Cargo airships are now being designed and built in Canada
A new era for Heavy lift cargo airships:
Composites and new aluminum alloys possible.
Large aerostructure production techniques mature.
Northern regions of Canada are ready for heavy lift cargo airships:
Canada is largest market in world for heavy lift airships.
This innovative new technology will provide year-round transportation solutions for all First Nations by:
increasing access to affordable housing;
providing commodities - food and staples - at reduced cost;
improving medical services (mobile clinics/hospitals);
decreasing costs of accessing heavy equipment;
improving waste removal (garbage/old cars).
Northern mines, oil and gas sectors urgently need.
Avoids destruction of habitat, 1st Nations support is strong.
Highly green program and related benefits.
Cargo airships will be built in Quebec:
Montreal aerospace cluster has 100% of capabilities in aerostructures, propulsion systems, controls, and other components.
Programs such as Quebec’s Plan Nord will allow cargo airship development with strong and committed customers.
Transport Canada certification assured.
Payload 10 Metric Tonnes (22,000 lb)

3. Striking Limitation of Roads, Year-Round Waterways
CONFIDENTIAL

4. INNOVATION Incremental Breakthrough Transformational
Innovation is the “Act or process of introducing new ideas, devices or methods.”
There are 3 types of innovation: Incremental, Breakthrough and Transformational.
I was fortunate a few years ago (well… a few decades ago) to attend MIT, which had a culture stressing innovation, and where engineering teams were encouraged to tilt at the transformational end of the spectrum.
Whole industries have been completely transformed by this:
Aerospace
Physics
Biotechnology
You will see shortly why the word “Innovation” creates opportunity for transportation solutions for the North.

5. Innovative Projects and Programs
Electric Propulsion Systems
Description:
Convert fossil fuel to electricity (diesel APUs on board) which drive highly efficient electric vectoring propulsion motors
Augmentation with fuel cells
Benefits:
Clean, with 95+% efficiency
Power for all shipboard uses
Partners and Collaboration:
Industrial: Honeywell, Siemens, Zeppelin
Universities: ETS, others TBD
Programs: GARDN
Lenticular Aerostructure Design/Fabrication
Description:
Lenticular shape, coupled with sophisticated load exchange system,
Structural ring assembly
Unique hover capability in difficult Arctic weather
Benefits:
Improved number of operating days per year
Precision placement of heavy payloads
Hover in windy conditions
Partners and Collaboration:
Industrial: Airbus/Stelia, Zeppelin, Honeywell
Universities: U. of Manitoba, others TBD
Programs: SADI, SDTC
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6. Questions www.lta-aerostructures.ca Michael J. Dyment Marc Bourret
Marc Bourret
Chief Executive Officer
President
1250 René-Lévesque Boulevard West
Suite 2200
Montréal, Québec, H3B 4W8, Canada  
Thank you.
This presentation will be available as a PDF through the conference organizers.