CP-140 Aurora

In order to patrol the world's longest coastline, Canada needs an Aircraft with some very long legs.

Meet the Aurora, a long-range patrol Aircraft able to fly over 9,000 km without refueling and Canada's only strategic airborne land and sea surveillance Aircraft.

Designed originally for anti-submarine warfare, the Aurora remains capable of detecting the latest generation of stealthy submarines. But its multi-role capability means it's also ready to tackle a variety of different missions.

The Aurora's extreme endurance also makes it a very able search and rescue (SAR) platform. During one 1996 rescue off Halifax, the Aurora demonstrated its versatility by dropping survival gear to 24 crewmembers of a sinking vessel. All were later rescued.

Length: 35.61 m
Wingspan: 30.37 m
Height: 10.30 m
Weight: 64,410 kg (63,527 kg)
Power: 4 Alison T-56-A-14-LFE turboprop engines
Speed: 750 km
Ceiling: 10,668 m
Range: 9,260 km
Surveillance equipment: Sonobuoys, Forward-looking Infra-Red Camera (FLIR), magnetic anomaly detector, electronic support measures, fixed 70mm camera, hand-held camera, night vision goggles, gyrostabilized binoculars
Armament: Mk 46 Mod V torpedoes, signal chargers, smoke makers, illumination flares, and may be fitted with air-to-surface missiles
Crew: Minimum mission crew 10, typically 12 to 15
Year(s) procured: 1980
Quantity in CF: 18
Location(s): 19 Wing Comox, British Columbia (5) 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia (13)