CP-140 Aurora
Technical specifications
ManufacturerLockheed Martin Aircraft Corporation
Aircraft Description:When it came into service in 1980, the CP-140 Aurora was a successful “marriage” of the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe with the S-3 Viking avionics suite, which included avionics and an ASW system that was considered leading edge at the time.
Length:35.61 metres
Wingspan:30.37 metres
Height:10.30 metres
Empty weight:27,892 kilograms
Maximum gross weight: 64,410 kilograms
Power:4 Alison T-56-A-14-LFE turboprop engines
Maximum speed:750 kilometres per hour
Cruising speed:648 kilometres per hour
Service ceiling:10,668 metres
Range:7,400 kilometres
Endurance:12 hours, with routine planning of 10 to 11 hours. The Aurora has, however, remained airborne for up to 17 hours
Surveillance Equipment:APS 508 multi-mode Imaging Radar System; MVASP acoustics system; internal and externally launched, active and passive sonobuoys; MX20 Electro-Optical InfraRed (EO/IR) camera; AN/ASQ – 508 magnetic anomaly detector (MAD); Link-11 Tactical Data Link; AN/ALQ-507 Electronic Support Measures (ESM); Fully integrated Data Management System.
Weapons System:Mark 46 Mod 5 torpedoes; signal charges; smoke markers; illumination flares
Other Equipment:Two sea “survival kit—air-droppable” (SKAD) and Arctic SKAD units
Crew:minimum of 10, including 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, 2 air combat systems officers, 5 airborne electronic sensor operators (AESOPs). (The crew size will vary according to mission.)
Year procured:1980
Quantity in CF: 14
Location(s): 19 Wing Comox, British Columbia
14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia
CP-140 Aurora
Technical specifications
ManufacturerLockheed Martin Aircraft Corporation
Aircraft Description:When it came into service in 1980, the CP-140 Aurora was a successful “marriage” of the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe with the S-3 Viking avionics suite, which included avionics and an ASW system that was considered leading edge at the time.
Length:35.61 metres
Wingspan:30.37 metres
Height:10.30 metres
Empty weight:27,892 kilograms
Maximum gross weight: 64,410 kilograms
Power:4 Alison T-56-A-14-LFE turboprop engines
Maximum speed:750 kilometres per hour
Cruising speed:648 kilometres per hour
Service ceiling:10,668 metres
Range:7,400 kilometres
Endurance:12 hours, with routine planning of 10 to 11 hours. The Aurora has, however, remained airborne for up to 17 hours
Surveillance Equipment:APS 508 multi-mode Imaging Radar System; MVASP acoustics system; internal and externally launched, active and passive sonobuoys; MX20 Electro-Optical InfraRed (EO/IR) camera; AN/ASQ – 508 magnetic anomaly detector (MAD); Link-11 Tactical Data Link; AN/ALQ-507 Electronic Support Measures (ESM); Fully integrated Data Management System.
Weapons System:Mark 46 Mod 5 torpedoes; signal charges; smoke markers; illumination flares
Other Equipment:Two sea “survival kit—air-droppable” (SKAD) and Arctic SKAD units
Crew:minimum of 10, including 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, 2 air combat systems officers, 5 airborne electronic sensor operators (AESOPs). (The crew size will vary according to mission.)
Year procured:1980
Quantity in CF: 14
Location(s): 19 Wing Comox, British Columbia
14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia