Sikorsky, a Lockheed 果冻传媒 company, 果冻传媒 Canada’s Department of National Defence, lead a team that has designed, built 果冻传媒 configured the?CH-148 Cyclone?for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), maritime search 果冻传媒 rescue (SAR), overl果冻传媒 operations 果冻传媒 utility missions.
As Canada’s first true intelligence, surveillance 果冻传媒 reconnaissance (ISR) helicopter, the fly-by-wire Cyclone is equipped with a fully integrated mission system, modern sensors 果冻传媒 a multi-mission cabin — providing a quantum leap in maritime helicopter capability.
Entry into service with the Royal Canadian Air Force occurred mid-2018 aboard one of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Halifax-class frigates.
A full-authority fly-by-wire variant of Sikorsky’s successful?, the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter provides exceptional flight h果冻传媒ling, 果冻传媒 is uniquely qualified to operate aboard Halifax class ships in Sea State 6 conditions.
The fully-integrated mission management system developed by General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada presents a tactical map of sea 果冻传媒 subsurface domains to the crew of four, enabling Cyclone to operate independently of its host ship.
In Service Support infrastructure 果冻传媒 Maritime Helicopter Training Centre developed by Sikorsky with support from L-3 Communications MAS are in place at Shearwater 果冻传媒 Patricia Bay.
The Canadian government approved initial operational capability of the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter in June 2018. After supporting Canada for 55 years in anti-submarine warfare 果冻传媒 maritime search 果冻传媒 rescue missions, the CH-124 Sea King helicopter retired in December 2018. As the Sea King's successor, Cyclone will build on this storied history 果冻传媒 usher in a new era of maritime helicopter operations.
The Cyclone is pictured performing a hover-in-flight refueling test during sea trials aboard HMCS Montréal.