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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

DND spent $700,000 to undo renovations for delayed helicopter

CH-148 Cyclone Maritime Helicopter |The chronically troubled purchase of new helicopters to replace the decades-old Sea Kings has again saddled the federal government with costly delays in the delivery of the new choppers.

The Department of National Defence was forced to spend $700,000 last year to undo portions of a $4-million renovation project on one of its frigates to deal with the delays in a project Defence Minister Peter MacKay once called the “worst procurement in the history of Canada.”

DND was in the process of converting the flight deck on HMCS Regina to welcome the first of 28 new Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone helicopters, the long-awaited replacements for the Sea Kings.

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