What do we mean by airships and aerostats?
Airships and Aerostats are lighter-than-air vehicles that can be either piloted or autonomously operated.
Airship
- Hybrid Airship
- Rigid Airship
- Semi-Rigid Airship
Aerostat
- Tethered Aerostats
- High Altitude Platform Stations
- Airborne Wind Energy
What are some uses for airships and aerostats?
- Heavy-Lift Transport for Cargo
- Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Logistics
- Search and Rescue
- Tourism and Passenger Travel
- Weather Forecasting and Surveillance-related Tasks
- Telecommunications
- Off-Grid Infrastructure
What are some of the advantages of airships and aerostats?
- Reduced CO2 Emissions
- Multiple-Use Functionality
- Low Noise
- Low Vibration
- Low Loiter Speed
- Extended Flight Time
- Autonomous Potential
- Access to Remote Locations
- Low Infrastructure
Canada presents a vast landscape and a unique marketplace for airship technologies, with significant investments in northern infrastructure and a national drive to lower emissions in its economy. This country is rich with untapped resources, ready to be connected beyond the use of expensive and unreliable roads or rails. Our team, equipped with deep industry knowledge and a network of influential contacts, is ready to help seize these opportunities.
Partnering with proven, ethical, and respected government relations allies, CANHAV Alliance offers unparalleled expertise in government relations and strategic communications to help navigate Canada’s unique regulatory, cultural, and business landscape.
CANHAV is spearheading the development of the airship industry by:
- Driving proactive policy development for:
- airworthiness, certification, and safety
- advanced cold-weather and all-climate testing
- education & training standards, as well as facilities, for associated trades;
- pilots
- aircraft mechanical engineers
- use of hydrogen as a lifting gas
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards
- Marketing Support and Community Engagement to build market awareness.
- Bringing prototype airships and aerostats to Canada for testing, training, and demonstrations.
- Building the ground infrastructure to foster industry-wide innovation and multi-use end-user benefits; aerodromes, hangars, airdocks, and groundports.
- Upscaling participation and investment from Federal and Provincial governments.
- Nurturing private capital investment and mobilizing financial resources.
- Engaging Indigenous, Métis, and Inuit partners to maximize their investment and ownership.
- Promoting the necessary research to satisfy insurance industry requirements.
- Proactive public relations campaigns to nurture a zeitgeist cultural shift for airships and inspire the future workforce this industry will employ.
- Testing the use of airships for disaster relief, humanitarian logistics, and public safety.
- Sharing the successes and lessons found in Canada with the rest of the world, developing a robust and resilient global industry.
Connecting:
- Manufacturers
- Operators
- Supply-chain partners
- Communities
- Governments
- Investors
- The wide range of end-users that will benefit from lighter-than-air technologies
Our Services Include:
- Government Relations:
- Engage effectively with Federal, Provincial, Municipal, Indigenous, and International governments.
- Procurement:
- Specialized support for the National Security and Defence sectors, as well as whole-of-government framework, enhancing Industrial Trade Benefits.
- Stakeholder Management:
- Foster strong relationships with investors, government agencies, community associations, media, and local partners.
- Crisis Communications:
- Proactive management of issues and crises to protect your reputation.
- Strategic Partnerships:
- Collaborate with unions, academia, Indigenous businesses, private equity, and local governments.
