Canada will spend over C$1 billion ($730 million) to upgrade its fleet of Leonardo Helicopters CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue rotorcraft, enabling their operation until at least 2042. Although ...

AgustaWestland efforts to solve tail-rotor cracking in Canadian Forces CH-149 Cormorant (EH101) helicopters have suffered a setback, with cracks developing in five out of 22 newly manufactured rotor ...

Leonardo will upgrade 14 CH-149 Cormorant helicopters for the Canadian government. (Staff Sgt. Edward Eagerton/U.S. Air National Guard) VICTORIA, British Columbia ― The Canadian government will begin ...

OTTAWA—UK-based Smith Myers will supply a low-band sensor as part of a larger upgrade for Canada’s fleet of Leonardo CH-149 Cormorant helicopters, the company announced May 28 on the eve of the Cansec ...

Alaska Air National Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue personnel wait for a Canadian CH-149 Cormorant helicopter from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron to land to extract simulated ...

Aerospace and defense companies CAE and Leonardo were tapped by the Canadian government to enhance its fleet of CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue helicopters and provide flight simulators under two ...

LONDON – The Canadian armed forces are working to secure funding for life-extension programs for their fleet of CH-146 Griffon utility helicopters and CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue helicopters.

The upgrade has been planned for a decade, but initially delayed on cost grounds, and will now expand the fleet in terms of both capability and numbers. Having served for two decades the CH-149 ...