ISR Aircraft Modifications by Field Aviation Showcased at Farnborough International Airshow

Field Aviation

Canadian Operations

Field Aviation designs, modifies and certifies aircraft for specialized roles across the globe. Our expertise is the missionization of commercial platforms for search and rescue, intelligence, surveillance and interdiction roles for both government and civilian customers.

We also develop system specific STCs for many different aircraft. Our capabilities include build-to-print parts manufacturing for aircraft OEMs and our own modifications. We are also a factory authorized repair, overhaul and sales center for many avionics equipment manufacturers.

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Field Aerospace

U.S. Operations

Field Aerospace has more than 25 years of experience developing and delivering systems engineering and systems integration solutions to the U.S. government and aerospace and defense industry.

Through Field Aviation, we also provide engineering expertise spanning aircraft operations and avionics, test planning and execution, test instrumentation design and configuration, electrical and system design, as well as structural design and modification.

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Farnborough, Hampshire, UK | Jul. 14, 2014

Internationally acclaimed aircraft modification specialist, Field Aviation, announced that two programs it is significantly involved with are being displayed at the Farnborough International Airshow, taking place in the UK during the week of July 14th, 2014.

The Boeing Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) is making its public debut and is on display at Farnborough. The MSA demonstrator, a Boeing owned Challenger 604 has been extensively modified by Field Aviation, a Boeing team member on the MSA program. Field Aviation's scope of work on the MSA is to provide a civil certified aircraft based on the Challenger platform incorporating installation provisions for various sensors including search radar, retractable EO/IR, ESM, COMINT and operator workstations and equipment mounts. Field Aviation carried out an extensive post modification ground and test flight program on the MSA demonstrator prior to its arrival at Farnborough.

L-R. Field Aviation's Chief Commercial Officer, Brian Love and President and CEO, John Mactaggart in front of the new Boeing MSA, making it's public debut at the Farnborough Air Show.

On display in the Static Display area, next to Viking's Twin Otter Series 400, is a complete nose section for the Viking Twin Otter Guardian 400 that has been developed and built by Field Aviation for a Multi Role Surveillance Aircraft version of the aircraft. The MRSA modifications will allow the Guardian 400 to perform in a variety of roles without any major re-work, and the nose section includes 360 º search radar and a retractable EO/IR turret. A separate work station which will display the data Management System and integrated sensor inputs is on display adjacent to the nose section.

Modified nose section designed by Field Aviation for Guardian 400 MRSA alongside operator workstation and display designed by Field.

Modifications to the Boeing MSA demonstrator and the Guardian MRSA nose section were carried out at Field Aviation's production facilities at Toronto's Pearson International airport. The Boeing MSA and Guardian MRSA nose section are on display at the Boeing Defense and Viking Aircraft flight line static displays, respectively. Field Aviation's exhibit booth is located in Hall 4 C18b.