Lockheed CP-140 Aurora Lockheed CP-140 Aurora 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. 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. The CP-140 Aurora is very
Aurora Borealis (icebreaker) a slightly smaller and cheaper (less than 500-million-euro) version, "Aurora Slim", has been suggested by the Finnish engineering company Aker Arctic. The most prominent change from "Aurora Borealis" to "Aurora Slim" is that the insulated drilling rig is no longer present. The scientist have to rely on a mobile system and shallower boreholes of a few hundred metres instead of more than . She will also have only a single moon pool instead of two as in the original concept. Like the original concept, the vessel is designed to break level ice up to in thickness. However, the dynamical positioning