Delivery of Sea King replacement helicopters delayed once again
An early-development model of Canada’s CH-148 Cyclone takes a test flight im this Sikorsky handout photo from 2008. The first helicopters will not be delivered until sometime in 2013, at the earliest.
Photograph by: Handout photo , Sikorsky
OTTAWA — The Canadian military’s plans to acquire new maritime helicopters have taken another hit with aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky acknowledging it won’t meet its targets this year or next for delivering the choppers.
Sikorsky was supposed to deliver five Cyclone helicopters in 2012 and 19 in 2013 as part of the Defence Department’s maritime helicopter program.
But Louis Chenevert, chairman of the corporation that owns Sikorsky, has conceded that won’t be happening. Instead, Sikorsky is planning to deliver eight of the Cyclone helicopters in 2013, he said.
The original contract called for the first Sikorsky Cyclone helicopter to be delivered in November 2008, with deliveries of all 28 helicopters completed by early 2011. But Sikorsky has yet to turn over a single helicopter to Canada under the $5.7-billion program. The Cyclone is supposed to replace the military’s aging Sea King helicopters.
The Conservatives have laid blame on the Liberals for the problem program because Paul Martin’s government awarded the contract to Sikorsky in 2004
Sikorsky was supposed to deliver five Cyclone helicopters in 2012 and 19 in 2013 as part of the Defence Department’s maritime helicopter program.
But Louis Chenevert, chairman of the corporation that owns Sikorsky, has conceded that won’t be happening. Instead, Sikorsky is planning to deliver eight of the Cyclone helicopters in 2013, he said.
The original contract called for the first Sikorsky Cyclone helicopter to be delivered in November 2008, with deliveries of all 28 helicopters completed by early 2011. But Sikorsky has yet to turn over a single helicopter to Canada under the $5.7-billion program. The Cyclone is supposed to replace the military’s aging Sea King helicopters.
The Conservatives have laid blame on the Liberals for the problem program because Paul Martin’s government awarded the contract to Sikorsky in 2004
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