Canada’s Newmerical Technologies International (NTI) produces the world’s only publicly available, most advanced and versatile, 3D in-flight icing simulation system on the market. The Canadian-made FENSAP-ICE software models ice on turbofan aircraft, turboprops, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in multi-stage jet engines and for all external instrumentation and appendages.
Allowing aerodynamics and in-flight icing to be dealt with at the same time – as opposed to in succession – the FENSAP-ICE system is helping aircraft, helicopter, instrumentation and engine makers design better ice protection systems. Using 3D technology, FENSAP-ICE’s versatility and realism allows designers to venture beyond the limits of certification regulations, which are intended to be minimum guidelines.
Boasting a simple user interface, aerodynamicists can analyse all certification points for droplet impingement, ice accretion, anti-icing power and performance degradation, even before an airplane is built.
With these unique abilities, FENSAP-ICE has attracted the attention of clients around the world. Airbus, Bell Helicopter Textron, Bombardier, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Mitsubishi, AVIC and GE Aircraft Engines are among the list of major aircraft, rotorcraft and engine companies currently using the Canadian-made technology.
To learn more about NTI, visit its AIAC Member Profile and the NTI website.