Manufacturer catalog

Bombardier

Bombardier is a Canadian aerospace manufacturer focused on business aircraft, special-mission derivatives, and support services. In this catalog it anchors Challenger and Global-family airframes, including Bombardier-built platforms that later appear in defense-oriented configurations.

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Bombardier's own history page traces the company to 1942 in Quebec's Eastern Townships, notes the 1969 public listing, and records the 1986 move into aerospace with the purchase of Canadair. The modern business is centered on Challenger and Global aircraft.

For this catalog, Bombardier matters because the catalog uses it to group the business-jet families and special-mission airframes that share a Bombardier origin.

Business aircraftSpecial-mission aircraftAerospace manufacturingAircraft support and services

Notable Systems

Challenger 650

Bombardier's Challenger 650 page presents the family as a long-range business jet line that remains central to the company's current portfolio.

Sources: Bombardier aircraft portfolio

Global 6000

Bombardier's Global 6000 family is one of the company's long-range business-jet platforms and a key basis for its missionized aircraft offerings.

Sources: Bombardier aircraft portfolio, Bombardier defense

Global 7500

Bombardier describes the Global 7500 as its flagship long-range business jet and the top end of its civil aircraft portfolio.

Sources: Bombardier aircraft portfolio

Manufacturer History

  1. Company founded in Quebec

    Bombardier's history page says the company began in 1942 in Quebec's Eastern Townships as a family business.

    Sources: Bombardier history

  2. Bombardier goes public

    Bombardier's history materials say the company listed on the Montreal and Toronto stock exchanges in 1969.

    Sources: Bombardier history

  3. Bombardier enters aerospace

    Bombardier's history page says the company entered the aerospace sector in 1986 with the purchase of Canadair.

    Sources: Bombardier history

Website links
Bombardier homeBombardier historyBombardier aircraft portfolioBombardier DefenseBombardier corporate informationBombardier shares and dividends

Bombardier uses current and legacy branding across its corporate, aerospace, and defense pages; aliases capture the common catalog spellings without creating duplicate profiles.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Bombardier homePublisher: Bombardier | Note: Supports Bombardier's current corporate description as a company that designs, builds, and maintains business aircraft. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Bombardier historyPublisher: Bombardier | Note: Supports Bombardier's 1942 founding in Quebec's Eastern Townships, the 1969 public listing, and the 1986 entry into aerospace with Canadair. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Bombardier corporate informationPublisher: Bombardier | Note: Supports Bombardier's Dorval, Quebec headquarters address and current corporate contact information. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Bombardier aircraft portfolioPublisher: Bombardier | Note: Supports Bombardier's Challenger and Global business-jet portfolio and its current aircraft product focus. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Bombardier DefensePublisher: Bombardier | Note: Supports Bombardier's defense-oriented aircraft role and the company's special-mission positioning. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Bombardier shares and dividendsPublisher: Bombardier | Note: Supports Bombardier's Toronto Stock Exchange listing and public-company ownership context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikimedia Commons: Bombardier Global 6000 at Zurich AirportPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and CC BY-SA 4.0 licensing page for a Bombardier Global 6000 photo at Zurich Airport. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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E-11A airborne communications relay aircraft, Airborne communications relay aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2020 United States-Iran Conflict, 2001 War in AfghanistanE-11A airborne communications relay aircraftAirborne communications relay aircraftBuilt in: Canada / United StatesThe E-11A is a modified Bombardier Global 6000/BD-700 or Global 6500 business jet used by the U.S. Air Force as the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN. It relays and translates voice, imagery, tactical data links, and IP-based traffic between otherwise incompatible air, ground, maritime, and coalition networks. The type entered combat in Afghanistan in 2008, CENTCOM listed it among Operation Epic Fury assets in 2026, and nine airframes had been delivered by September 2025 even as the Air Force's FY2027 posture statement planned full divestment in FY2028.