History

In 2005, President and CEO, Dr. Gordon Knight, compiled a team of North America’s most innovative flight, structural, control systems and composite engineers and launched Dominion Airships in response to the specialized transportation requirements of the Canadian energy sector – delivering cargo in a cost-effective way to remote areas with limited or no infrastructure.

Having worked in the energy industry for many years, Dr. Knight understood the inherent obstacles and costs when transporting heavy equipment manufactured in one country and then shipped oversees to another.  The resounding feedback he received from colleagues and industry leaders was the need to find an aircraft that can carry payloads up to 150 tonnes at distances up to 8,200 kilometers while being delivered by the most fuel efficient means available.  As a result, he identified this as a niche market and began employing the aeronautical industry's foremost engineers to devise a solution. 

This team, the IREL Group, consists of world renowned and award winning engineers who have worked at organizations such as NASA, ConocoPhillips, and the TransCanada Corporation.  It also employs professors of mechanical, structural, composites, and aerospace engineering from Texas A&M and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.

Recognizing the global appeal of its functionality, Dominion Airships envisions an aircraft that can deliver a cost effective and energy savings alternative to end users from around the world.