Infographic: Delivering Canada’s New Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft

Contract award: December 2016

Start of construction: June 2017

Design review including adaptation for Canadian needs: July 2018

Testing and Evaluation: Fall 2019

1st aircraft delivery in Spain: December 2019

2nd and 3rd aircraft delivery in Spain: July 2020

1st aircraft arrival in Canada: September 2020

Opening of training centre: 2021

Initial operational capability: 2025-26