"Han surgido rumores sobre un posible acuerdo entre Canadá y Chile para la transferencia de aviones de patrulla marítima CP-140 Aurora. Esta especulación surge a raíz de la reciente Reunión de Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) donde el presidente chileno Gabriel Boric se reunió con el primer ministro Justin Trudeau. Durante este encuentro, ambos mandatarios destacaron la estrecha relación entre ambos países y abordaron temas de cooperación en diversas áreas, incluyendo la defensa. Se especula que la posible transferencia de los CP-140 pudo haber sido uno de los temas tratados, considerando la buena sintonía entre ambos líderes.
Aunque aún no hay confirmación oficial, se rumorea que las negociaciones podrían estar en marcha y que dependerán del apoyo político y la asignación de recursos en ambos países. De concretarse, la Armada chilena se posicionaría con una de las flotas de exploración aeromarítima más robustas de la región. Se especula que la operación se manejaría como un contrato gobierno a gobierno, buscando fortalecer las relaciones bilaterales y la cooperación en materia de defensa."
Bonito bicho
CP-140 Aurora fleet modernization and life extension
Project summary
The Government of Canada is modernizing its fleet of 14 Aurora aircraft. The Aurora Incremental Modernization Project (AIMP) involves 23 individual projects to acquire, integrate and install new mission systems and sensors onto the CP-140 for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. This project is being executed in a phased approach with four blocks; blocks I, II and III are complete, and block IV is in the implementation phase.
The Government of Canada has also extended the life of the Aurora fleet. The Aurora Structural Life Extension Project (ASLEP) involved replacing wings and horizontal stabilizers on the aircraft, which will extend the operational life of the CP-140 Aurora fleet to the 2030 timeframe. All aircraft have been life-extended and the project is currently in the close-out phase.
The Aurora fleet is Canada’s primary airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft. The Aurora provides a full range of maritime, littoral and overland surveillance capabilities for domestic and deployed missions in support of Canadian sovereignty and international objectives, as well as anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare. It has been modernized with a world-class integrated mission suite with state-of-the-art avionics, communications systems, computer networks, and sensors.
Related Links
CP-140 Aurora equipment pageDefence Procurement StrategyCP 140 Aurora System Support, AvionicsCP-140 Aurora System Support, Airframe MaintenanceCP-140 Aurora Imaging Radar SystemCP-140 Aurora Data Management SystemCP 140 Aurora Structural Life Extension Project
Project phases
Currently in Phase 4: Implementation
4. Implementation
Aurora incremental modernization project (AIMP)
- Block I: Replace the high frequency radio and a number of obsolete systems in order to provide a baseline for the major upgrades that followed
- Project approval: October 1999
- Contract award: December 1999
- Initial operational capability: 1 December 2003
- Full operational capability: December 2005
- Block II: Replace the outdated navigation and communication management systems, and associated radios
- Project approval
- Navigation systems: June 1999
- Communications systems: June 2002
- Contract award:
- Navigation systems: August 2000
- Communications systems: June 2002
- Initial operational capability: February 2008
- Full operational capability: March 2012
- Block III: Replace the mission computer and sensors (radar, electro-optics/infrared sensor package, ESM, and acoustic detection systems)
- Project approval: May 2002
- Contract award: May 2002
- Initial operational capability: January 31, 2014
- Full operational capability: December 18, 2019
- Block IV: Upgrade three key features of the fourteen block III configured aircraft: beyond-line-of-sight satellite communication, link 16 datalink (a military tactical data exchange network used by NATO countries), and self defence system.
- Project approval:
- Definition: October 24, 2013
- Implementation: June 16, 2015
- Contract award: October 16, 2015
- Initial operational capability: winter 2024
- Full operational capability: summer 2024
Aurora structural life extension project (ASLEP)
- Project approval: May 2008
- Initial operational capability: April 11, 2012
- Full operational capability: April 24, 2020
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Project Updates
December 3, 2021
Proof of compliance phase 2 and operational test and evaluation phase 1 completed.
July 25, 2021
Combined proof of compliance phase 2 (Mission Systems) and operational flight testing has started.
April 11, 2021
First phase of proof of compliance flight testing (Flight Sciences) completed on CP140111.
March 30, 2021
CP140118 (Production aircraft #1) delivered to 14 Wing Greenwood.
December, 2020
CP140111 14 Wing Greenwood has started.
October 6, 2020
Started modification of production to the third aircraft.
July 21, 2020
The 2nd block IV prototype aircraft, CP140111, completed its first test flight from the IMP facility located at Halifax International Airport.
April 24, 2020
CP140114, the fourteenth and last aircraft to receive the structural modifications under ASLEP was delivered.
February 21, 2020
CP140108, completed its initial assessment flight, landing at 14 Wing Greenwood.
October 4, 2019
Second incremental ground test readiness review is complete.
June 26, 2019
Aircraft CP140110 was delivered. This is the 14th (and last) block III aircraft, of which 13 have been life-extended.
April 29, 2019
The block IV prototype aircraft ground test readiness review was conducted.
October 16, 2015
General Dynamics won a contract amendment to implement the block IV modifications to the data management system.
June 2015
Block IV of the AIMP received project approval.
October 2014
Two CP-140 Aurora were deployed on Operation IMPACT, the Canadian Armed Forces’ contribution to the fight against ISIL in the Middle East.
January 31, 2014
Initial operational capability for block III was achieved. Block III involves the upgrade of the mission systems and sensors.
March 2012
Block II of the AIMP was completed, involving replacement of outdated navigation and communication management systems, and associated radios.
March 2011
Two CP-140 Aurora were deployed on Operation MOBILE, the Canadian Armed Forces’ participation in the international response to the popular uprising in Libya against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi.
February 2010
One CP-140 Aurora supported the RCMP-led integrated security unit for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games under Operation PODIUM.
December 2005
Block I of the AIMP was completed, involving replacement of the high frequency radio and several obsolete systems to provide a baseline for other major upgrades that will follow.
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Date modified: 2023-06-30
The Aurora fleet is Canada’s primary airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft. It has been modernized with a world-class integrated mission suite with state-of-the-art avionics, communications systems, computer networks, and sensors.
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Están extendidos y upradeados, SATCOM y hasta LINK 16.
Saludos