The Department of National Defence (DND) has revised its estimate of the lifetime cost of owning and operating the air force’s CH-148 Cyclones to $15.9 billion — slightly more than a billion dollars higher than its previous estimate.
CBC News reported last week on 2021 internal documents that projected the full life-cycle cost — including purchase, operations and sustainment — was expected to exceed $14.87 billion.
CBC asked the department at the time for current figures but received only partial information. DND didn’t reveal the latest cost projections until earlier this week.
The revised figures forecast higher sustainment and operating costs over the decade-and-a-half
