Bombardier Q300 Turboprop Selected by Japan For Airways Calibration.TORONTO -- Bombardier Aerospace (TSX:BBD BBD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Barbados Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. .MV.A) announced today that the Bombardier Q300 turboprop has been selected by the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB JCAB Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau ) as a new-generation low- and medium-altitude navigation aids inspection and calibration aircraft. Sojitz Corporation of Tokyo, Bombardier's sales agent in Japan, is the prime contractor to the JCAB and will acquire one Q300 turboprop from Bombardier. Field Aviation Company inc. of Toronto will provide the mechanical modifications to the aircraft and install a next-generation UNIFIS 3000 Automatic Flight Inspection System which will be supplied by Norwegian Special Mission (NSM) of Norway. The aircraft is to be delivered to the JCAB in the fourth quarter of 2006. "The Bombardier Dash 8 family is widely operated in Japan by major airlines and its proven reliability and reputation are the prime reasons for the selection of the Q300 model," said the JCAB in a statement. The JCAB also operates two Bombardier Global Express The Bombardier BD-700 Global Express is an ultra long range corporate and VIP high speed jet which has also been modified for military missions. Bombardier began studies in 1991 and the aircraft was officially launched in 1993. First flight occurred on October 13 1996. jets for Multi-functional Transport Satellite MTSAT are a series of weather and aviation control satellites. They are geostationary satellites. They are owned and operated by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), and provide coverage for the hemisphere centred on monitoring (MTSAT MTSAT Multi-Function Transport Satellite (Japan) ) which has been launched this month to cover emerging traffic in the Asia-Pacific region. "We are very pleased with the decision by the JCAB which proves their continued confidence in Bombardier products. This is yet another advance for Bombardier Regional Aircraft in sales of these aircraft for non-airline roles," said Derek Gilmour, vice-president, Government and Special Mission Sales, Bombardier Aerospace. "The Bombardier Q300 turboprop was earlier chosen by the Swedish Coast Guard The Swedish Coast Guard (Swedish: Kustbevakningen) is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with:
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