I really really hate the idea of a two engined helicopter working off of the deck of a frigate in an atlantic cold weather deployment. They also skipped over any details about the combat sensor and anti sub suites on board, so I'm betting there are problems with that.
The biggest problem with the Cyclone which was originally dubbed as the Sikorsky s92 Superhawk is that it has inherant inflight stability problems which they have tried to fix by adding length and width to the helicopter body.
These helicopters are vital to the functionality of the halifax frigates, I have a bad feeling these helicopters are going to badly underperform.
Another problem is that the Comorants that were bought as search and rescue helicopters and the Cyclone use two completely different engine plants which means that there's no compatibility in parts. Kinda stupid for a country with a limited defense budget. They would have saved a ton of money if they would have bought variants of the same helicopter, or bought helicopters with the same engine plant.
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