Lockheed CP-140 Aurora

CP-140 Aurora CP-140A Arcturus
CP-140 Aurora 140107 flying at John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport near Mount Hope, Ontario
General information
Type	Maritime patrol aircraft (CP-140) MPA trainer aircraft (CP-140A)
Manufacturer	Lockheed Corporation
Status	Active (CP-140M only)
Primary user	Royal Canadian Air Force
Number built	21 (18 CP-140M + 3 CP-140A)
History
Introduction date	1980
First flight	22 March 1979 (CP-140)
Retired	2011 (CP-140A only)
Developed from	Lockheed P-3 Orion

The Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is a maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. The aircraft is based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe, but mounts the electronics suite of the Lockheed S-3 Viking. "Aurora" refers to the Roman goddess of dawn who flies across the sky each morning ahead of the sun.^[1] Aurora also refers to the Aurora Borealis, the "northern lights", that are prominent over northern Canada and the Arctic Ocean.

The CP-140A Arcturus was a related variant used primarily for pilot training and coastal surface patrol missions.