Vertical Mag is reporting that Sikorsky and DND have confirmed that Flight training on the CH-148 cyclone will begin this month. There are currently 4 “Interim” Helicopters currently located at Shearwater, which are complete and functioning Airframes, however they lack completed mission software.

the CH148 is a military, fly by wire version of Sikorsky S-92, which is currently in use by Cougar and Canadian Helicopters (CHC) to service the offshore industry.

(Above)Cyclone performs flight testing off HMCS Montreal in 2010