Aerospace Backgrounders – Canadian Aircraft & Aerospace Industry The Bombardier (Canadair)
Challenger CL-604 MMA
The Challenger CL-604 MMA (or Multi-Mission Aircraft) is Field Aviation's maritime
surveillance version of the Bombardier bizjet. Three radar-equipped CL-604
MMAs fly patrols, FWSAR, transport, and medevac in Greenland. DeHavilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 STOL
and Ice Recce
DHC's Dash 7 STOL airliner has been out of production for two decades but is
still going strong. The Dash 7 were outshined as commuter airliners but excelled at rough field STOL
operations. One DHC-7 also took on ice reconnais- sance. An upgrade is underway to integrate Transport
Canada maritime surveillance sensors. The Raytheon Sentinel R1 / Bombardier
Global Express
The Raytheon Sentinel R1 is a variant of the Bombardier Global Express bizjet
fitted with a battlefield surveillance sensor suite. Sentinel R1 was developed to meet ASTOR, an RAF
requirement for a battlefield surveillance platform. Global Express as Aurora
Replacement? [ Background ]
This Background page covers a proposed maritime patrol
variant of Bombardier's Global Express (as one potential CP-140 Aurora replacement candidate. The maritime patrol Global Express is included
here as a Sentinel companion. Aerospace Backgrounders – International Aircraft and Industry C-27J Geneology: Fiat/Aeritalia G.222
Ancestry
The origins of the Alenia C-27J (and the likelihood of its continued production) has cropped up in the media.
We trace the C-27Js convoluted bloodlines and its maker (state-controlled to part-privatized
). C-27J Geneology: Alenia's Il Piccolo
Hercules ?
Italy tied development of their C-27J to any Italian purchase of the C-130J Hercules. The LM / Alenia
relationship is over but the tactical transport from Turin continues to be marketed as a
mini-Hercules.
