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The official type designations for the Global Express family is BD-700-nXnn (differentiated by the nXnn part) and for the Challenger 300/350 is BD-100-1A10 (no discriminating numbers, yet)
BD has been used since the constituent companies were brought together, but the pre-existing types that already had certificates when Bombardier took ownership have retained their original designations, so the original Challenger and the CRJ derivatives are all CL-600-nXxx
The official type designations for the Global Express family is BD-700-nXnn (differentiated by the nXnn part) and for the Challenger 300/350 is BD-100-1A10 (no discriminating numbers, yet)
BD has been used since the constituent companies were brought together, but the pre-existing types that already had certificates when Bombardier took ownership have retained their original designations, so the original Challenger and the CRJ derivatives are all CL-600-nXxx
BD has been used since the constituent companies were brought together, but the pre-existing types that already had certificates when Bombardier took ownership have retained their original designations, so the original Challenger and the CRJ derivatives are all CL-600-nXxx
Bombardier simply continued the identification system that Canadair introduced with the CL-215 in the 1960s, using the format you describe with just a change of prefix from "CL" to "BD" for new types.
Incidentally the reason the Challenger 300/350 don't have discriminated BD-100 TC designations is that they aren't certificated as different variants (similar to the situation with the Falcon 2000EX/LX).
