Bombardier Inaugurates the Innovation and Design Centre

Bombardier celebrated the opening of the Bombardier Innovation and Design Centre, a pivotal element of the company’s customer-focused strategy. The mission of the Innovation and Design Centre is to ensure that Bombardier’s aircraft remain at the forefront by consistently delivering innovations and enhancements across the entire portfolio. A dedicated multidisciplinary team will operate in this new facility under strict confidentiality, focusing on innovations designed to redefine the customer experience in business aviation.

• Bombardier's Innovation and Design Centre marks a significant milestone and will introduce innovations that consistently enhance and shape our customers' experiences.

• Situated in Montreal, the facility will allow teams to discreetly and swiftly test innovative products before incorporating them into the aircraft portfolio.

• The Centre will feature full-scale cabin mockups and prototypes designed to test and develop key innovations that consistently enhance the Bombardier cabin experience.

Located strategically near Bombardier’s manufacturing facilities in the greater Montreal, Québec area, the Innovation and Design Centre is designed to facilitate customer-focused design and innovation projects independently from aircraft development programs or model variants. This strategy allows Bombardier to swiftly bring groundbreaking innovations to the market, consistently enhancing the customer experience globally.

"In the business aviation sector, innovating is a question of competitiveness and has a tremendous impact on our overall performance in the market. Our customers expect the very best and we have maintained, throughout the years, a steadfast commitment to delivering nothing short of that,” said Éric Martel, President and Chief Executive Officer at Bombardier. “Bombardier’s history was built on a culture of innovation and a strong dedication to changing industry paradigms. With the Innovation and Design Centre, we double down on our long-standing commitment to our customers worldwide, to offer a cutting-edge experience, unmatched across the industry."

The Centre offers a dedicated environment, equipped with highly specialised tools, facilitating close collaboration among multidisciplinary experts. This enables the experimentation, development, testing, and rapid iteration of new ideas. Utilising resources such as full-scale mockups and prototypes, Bombardier teams can create proofs of concept and iterate swiftly, ensuring that any new product is robust, reliable in service, and seamlessly integrated into our production lines.

The Centre empowers Bombardier’s renowned teams by providing them with extensive resources and flexibility. Historically, these teams have successfully designed products like the entirely new clean-sheet interior of the Global 7500 and the refreshed cabin design of the Challenger 3500. Both aircraft have received the prestigious Red Dot Awards, a highly coveted international recognition for design and innovation excellence, with the Challenger 3500 earning the highest distinction, "Best of the Best."

"Stimulated by the combination of their expertise, our diverse teams – from industrial designers, engineers, craftsmen, upholsterers to prototypists – now have the means they need to turn their ideas into reality. In the greatest of secrecy and off-critical path, our teams will focus entirely on new product design and innovation. This purpose-built centre will foster the environment required to channel their talents more effectively, enabling Bombardier to set a new industry standard,” said Sean Johnson, Vice-President, Aircraft Innovation at Bombardier.