SAR, in australia
Perth was due to start in August, they will not have an aircraft to replace the Dornier til 2017, sometime.
Of the aircraft in country one has been fitted with some sensors and did indeed do an AOC acceptance flight out of Perth recently, when the approval process is complete it is hoped to commence ops in Cairns as that is a critical area. Unless this happens, as a matter of fact there will be one Dornier to administer the whole country, I'm sure Aerorescue will continue to provide a sterling example until AMSA are forced to accept the Challenger. As far as the comment regarding manufacturing parts, that is a fundamental process to modding an aircraft for special missions and can not be offered as an excuse