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"Canadian defence officials insisted on the addition of new electronics and weapons systems..." This concept keeps being brought up by media and others and has become a defacto truth among critics but it is not ture. Neither the requirements nor the mission equipment has changed in any...

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The the first batch are all black. The rest will be sage green. The contents of Sea King LPSV and SLBP (Slim Line Back Pack) are pretty much the same except on the Cyclone gear more stuff is carried in the LPSV vice the Back Pack. The new back pack is thinner but stiffer and is probably less...

148807 that was at the Paris Airshow in 2011 had CT7-8A1 engines installed and still has CT7-8A1 installed. The text in your link is incorrect. The CT7-8C has never been installed in a CH148 aircraft. Not sure what else to say.

The Interim CH-148 is equiped with the CT7-8A1. (Only four airframes) The Final CH-148 is equiped with CT7-8A7. The change was negotiated in the 2008 contract amendment. I suspect who ever told you the CT7-8C was misinformed.

Broadly speaking this list is incomplete.

This is incorrect. The requirements are unchanged since 2004.

In 2004 there were two compliant bids the EH-101 and the Cyclone. Of all the truly off-the-shelf aircraft the RN's Merlin HM Mk2 would most closely meet our operational needs. The Cyclone was selected over the EH-101 because Sikorsky's bid was lower. If the GoC decides to go with the EH-101...

Not sure what you want to know but the delays are related to both the aircraft and the mission system. There is a persistent thread in the media that requirements have been changing and this has resulted in the delays but this is in fact false. The requirements today are essentially the same...

Likewise zero inside information. I also think we could probably guess the customer.

IF I was to guess this is for a King Air type platform. Something along the lines of a MC-12 variant.

The GoC only signed a contract with Sikorsky. GDC is a sub-contractor to Sikorsky. Sikorsky is responsible to the crown for the entire MH acquisition contract.

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Not a surprise given one of the original goals of the EH-101 was a shipboard ASW platform to replace the RN Sea King.

Both sides seem more open to talking publicly lately.... http://skiesmag.com/news/articles/19521-cyclone-crew-training-to-begin-next-month.html

Recent Article in Vertical http://www.verticalmag.com/news/article/24552#.UeNgx421H25

Not to derail the conversation but AUW is up to 29,300 lbs but probably will not increase anymore.

A couple points. First just a slight clarification. There is not a separate contact between Canada and GDC for the mission system. Sikorsky has the entire contract for the full-up aircraft and mission system. Sikorsky, as a result of IRBs, has sub-contracted the mission system to GDC. The...

Windows in the Cabin serve two main purposes. Emergency exits, as previously mentioned, and windows for visual spotting. Including the Cabin door there are a total of 5 emergency exits in the Cabin. Four are legacy from the S-92A. One is blocked by the Sonar Reeling Machine in the ASW config...

True.