MDS designs and integrates full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines. Its offering combines facility engineering, environmental simulation, instrumentation and data acquisition with commissioning and lifecycle services. The nxDAS platform adds modular data acquisition using the open iDDS communications protocol.
Technical detail
Core features
Full-engine and component test facilities
Environmental simulation and integrated instrumentation
nxDAS acquisition and iDDS data integration
Calibration, maintenance, spares and resident field support
Engine Testing
Test Infrastructure
Data Acquisition
Aerospace Engineering
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Propulsion development and validation
Production and maintenance engine testing
Test-cell modernization
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Rolls-Royce independently names MDS as design and construction partner for Testbed 80, opened in 2021. MDS separately reports December 2025 nxDAS commissioning at GE Aerospace.
Commercial availability
Turnkey projects, test-system products and tailored lifecycle services are offered through MDS; facility access and acceptance criteria are project-specific.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Reviewed connections
No reviewed Mission area or released Defence need connection is currently published.
Original sources 4 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · name
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · core features
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · summary
Source location: Reviewed source summary
MDS describes Ottawa-based turnkey gas-turbine engine and component test facilities, environmental simulation, special equipment, integrated data acquisition, facility delivery, and lifecycle support.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · core features
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · summary
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · capability type
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
MDS Aero Support supplies turnkey full-engine and component test facilities for aviation, marine and industrial gas turbines, including environmental simulation, control, instrumentation and data acquisition. Its site lists headquarters in Ottawa and MDS AeroTest/GLACIER in Thompson.
Rolls-Royce announced opening Testbed 80 in Derby on May 27, 2021 and named MDS Aero Support Corporation of Ottawa as its design and construction partner. This is buyer-side delivered-facility evidence, distinct from the newer nxDAS announcement.
MDS announced on January 13, 2026 commissioning of nxDAS at GE Aerospace test cells on December 17, 2025. GE Vehicle Monitoring System uses nxDAS and the open iDDS communications protocol. This is a company commissioning report with a named customer quote, not separate independent acceptance documentation.
Supports: Capability · maturity
MDS announced on January 13, 2026 commissioning of nxDAS at GE Aerospace test cells on December 17, 2025. GE Vehicle Monitoring System uses nxDAS and the open iDDS communications protocol. This is a company commissioning report with a named customer quote, not separate independent acceptance documentation.
MDS Aero Support offers calibration, preventive and unscheduled maintenance, spares management, resident field representatives and training. It operates GLACIER, owned by Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney; operation is distinct from ownership.
Supports: Capability · core features
MDS Aero Support offers calibration, preventive and unscheduled maintenance, spares management, resident field representatives and training. It operates GLACIER, owned by Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney; operation is distinct from ownership.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
MDS announced on January 13, 2026 commissioning of nxDAS at GE Aerospace test cells on December 17, 2025. GE Vehicle Monitoring System uses nxDAS and the open iDDS communications protocol. This is a company commissioning report with a named customer quote, not separate independent acceptance documentation.
