The broad capabilities of Ontario aerospace companies include:

• Aircraft assembly: Manufacture of passenger jets, regional aircraft, business jets and helicopters
  
  
• Aero-engines and parts: Assembly of aircraft engines, engine systems and components
  
  
• Aircraft systems and parts: Manufacture of airframes, and relevant parts/materials
  
  
• Simulation and training: Design and manufacture of flight simulators, visual systems and flight training devices
  
  

Ontario aerospace sector has strength in space technologies. Neptec's Automated Rendezvous and Docking system aligns the shuttle to the space station to ensure a safe docking.
• Aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul: Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of aircraft and engines, and customized design solutions
  
  
• Avionics and mission systems: Design and production of aircraft controls, command and control systems, visualization imagery devices, airborne surveillance devices, and air navigation management aids
  
  
• Space technologies: Design and manufacture of satellite-based communication services, space robotics, and earth observation
  
  

Ontario aerospace companies are particularly strong in the following niche markets:

• Commercial, business and special-purpose aircraft
• Unmanned aerial vehicles
• Structural components
• Satellite sub-systems
• Flight simulators
• Optical/visual systems
• Electronic systems
• Landing gear
• Avionics.

The green revolution is changing how Ontario aerospace companies do business.
Working closely with a network of industrial and public-sector researchers, Ontario aerospace companies are developing lighter, stronger, more efficient next generation products using advanced polymers, bio-composites and super conductive materials.