Field Aviation To Design, Manufacture And Install, Cargo Door On New CRJ700 NextGen

Toronto, ON, May 19th, 2014.......Field Aviation, a Field Aerospace company, has been awarded a significant aircraft modification contract by the Specialized and Amphibious Aircraft division of Bombardier* Aerospace.

Under the terms of the contract, Field Aviation will carry out extensive airframe and interior modifications on a new CRJ700* NextGen* special mission aircraft.

Field Aviation will be responsible for the design, manufacture, integration and certification, including flight test, of a large, forward left side cargo door, along with a number of specialized systems and interior modifications consistent with the aircraft’s role as a reconfigurable multi-mission aircraft. 

This first of type modification to that NextGen aircraft will be carried out at Field Aviation’s Pearson International Airport facility and is expected to take approximately twelve months of on-airframe work once the aircraft arrives in the second quarter of 2015.

As an airframe modification centre of excellence, Field Aviation is recognized internationally for its expertise and capability in the modification and conversion of aircraft for special mission applications.