While not saying how much the plan would cost, sky high by DND standards must be really high.
Liberals announce $1.24B sole-sourced deal to upgrade search and rescue helicopter fleet
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Ship of Theseus.To bring us back on subject, here is the latest on the Cormorant upgrades:
RCAF Cormorant to be similar to Norwegian AW101-612; some capability will differ - Skies Mag
As part of the Cormorant upgrade project, plans call for the CH-149 airframe to be identical to Norway's AW101-612 platform, but some avionics will differ.skiesmag.com
It's an upgrade....see the manufacturer plate was kept.
It's easier to get an upgrade though the system than a new procurement helicopter. 3 new builds too those magic upgrades
21 in the first offering down to 16 in the final. Either the government is using the same arguments that were used by Chretien 25 years ago or the price of each aircraft has gone right off the top. 5 aircraft down is a lot of capability to kiss off.
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Only ever had 15 lost two. Adding three more new build upgrade units. So it will be 16 total in the end. Should have strong armed Leonardo to allow the VH-71's to be flight worthy in the beginning. Plus a wink wink from the US.
Those Italians did that twice. Once when the US offered the slightly used C-27J from the US Army and USAF and then with the VH-71's. They told us and others that they would not certify flight worthy the c-27J if sold on to others outside of the US government. So in the end they lost the FWSAR anyways.
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