Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited

$49,500,000.00 CAD

≈ $1.20 for every person in Canada ≈ 640 Canadians' average pay for a year

Department: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Program: Technology Demonstration Program
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2017-2018
Agreement period: December 20, 2017 – March 29, 2024
Reference: ic:033-2018-2019-Q3-511678

Published purpose

Develop innovative technologies to be integrated into next-generation helicopters, which can fly with or without a crew on board, and fully autonomous aerial systems.

In plain English AI-generated

This federal contribution supports Bell Helicopter Textron Canada in developing technologies for next-generation helicopters, including optionally crewed and fully autonomous aerial systems.

Category: Defence Primarily funds activity in Canada

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