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Several versions have been operated since 1960. Remaining CC-130Hs used for search and rescue and air-to-air refuelling. 12 aircraft remain in service, [5] 4 of which have been converted to air-to-air tankers. Based at 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia, 8 Wing Trenton, Ontario, and 17 Wing, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Inc. was awarded a C$640 million contract to overhaul and repair the CH-146 fleet until retirement in 2021. The contract includes options to extend the contract up to 2025 if necessary. [6] [7] In January 2019, Canada announced plans to modernize and extend the life of the existing 85 CH-146s to 2031. [8]
However, Endeavour ' s Canadarm is now on permanent display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. [15] [16] [17] The last of the Canadarms to fly in space, the SRMS flown aboard Atlantis on STS-135 in July 2011, was shipped to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston for engineering study and possible reuse on a future mission. [18]
SPAR Aerospace was a Canadian aerospace company. It produced equipment for the Canadian Space Agency to be used in cooperation with NASA's Space Shuttle program, most notably the Canadarm, a remote manipulator system.
2 transport, 2 tanker and 1 VIP CC-330 Husky: Multinational Transport/Tanker A330-200: 2 9 new and used aircraft to be converted to MRTT role. Initial units to enter service in fall 2023. [29] [30] [31] First aircraft arrived in Canada on 31 August 2023. [32] Aircraft still has civilian registration 9K-APC and RCAF numbering 30002. CC-177 ...
[215] 1 system with 5 aircraft acquired in 2016. [216] A second system with 5 aircraft ordered in 2019 for delivery in summer 2022. [214] [217] The DND was also the first international customer for the UAS. [218] RQ-11B Raven United States: Miniature UAV: 15 [219] Canadian designation CU-179 Raven-B. [220] Black Hornet 3 Norway: Micro unmanned ...
The Bell 212 (also known as the Bell Two-Twelve) is a two-blade, twin-engine, medium helicopter that first flew in 1968. Originally manufactured by Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, production was moved to Mirabel, Quebec, Canada in 1988, along with all Bell commercial helicopter production after that plant opened in 1986.
Research, Transport aircraft Retired (1) 1966-1970 Langley Research Center: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. Fixed Wing Heavy transport aircraft Active (2) Flown by USAF crews. Lockheed C-121 Starliner. Fixed Wing Retired Lockheed C-141A Starlifter. Fixed Wing Airborne observatory, Kuiper Airborne Observatory: Retired (1) 1974 - 1995 Ames Research Center