The Small Business Innovation Technology (SBIT) award recognizes a business that has developed advanced or innovative technologies to meet the needs of the aerospace industry in Canada or globally. These achievements have contributed to making Canada a strong and rapidly growing innovation economy and made a positive impact in the industry and community.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the SBIT award, nominees must have been in operation for a minimum of 5 years, headquartered in Canada, and have less than 250 employees.

Award Criteria

To win this award, all nominees will be required to provide:

  • A minimum 500-word description of how the company’s product or service is innovative, and how the company is leading innovation in the aerospace industry.
  • Identify the problem the company sets out to solve and how their technology is redefining the industry by addressing it.
  • Explain how R&D practices are supported in the company
  • Provide at least 1 testimonial to support the nomination

Nominations

Nominations are now open for the 2024 Awards.

To nominate a candidate or sponsor an award, please contact Bill Yetman at byetman@aiac.ca .

Award Presentation

The Industry Excellence Awards are presented annually at the Annual Aerospace Dinner, which takes place during the Canadian Aerospace Summit. This event gathers attendees from all segments of the Canadian aerospace industry, other leading aerospace nations, various levels of government, the financial and investment community, and international and trade press.

This year’s Summit is November 5-6 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

2023 Winner

Cyclone Manufacturing is a vertically integrated full-service provider of 3-5 axis machining, sheet metal fabrication, tube bending, welding and minor sub-assemblies of aerospace structural components to the largest aerospace companies such as AIDC, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, FACC, GE, IAI, Liebherr, Lockheed Martin, MHI, SAAB, ShinMaywa, Stelia and Spirit AeroSystems. Our surface treatment and controlled processes are approved by the major OEMs such as Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, IAI and Lockheed Martin. Cyclone is a privately-owned company with over 750 highly skilled employees housed within six state-of-the-art facilities totaling 500,000 square feet in Canada and Poland. Cyclone Manufacturing is a Mubea Aviation Company.

Previous Winners

  • Mannarino Systems and Software Inc. (2018)
  • Avior Integrated Products (2019)
  • Contextere (2022)