Cyclone lessons.
Not yet, but soon, hopefully. Tempest. Storm. Whirlwind. CYCLONE. It would seem that Canada's newest helicopter was aptly named, not for the downwash of its propeller, but for the type of controversy it would cause. By now, many of you have heard that the CH-148 Cyclone is pretty much a " done deal ". Despite a brief period of threatening to take their business elsewhere , the Canadian government announced that they would be going ahead with the troubled Cyclone purchase. This was done as a late Friday afternoon "info dump", a practice that indicates that they want the announcement to attract the least amount of attention. Despite this, criticism has been ramping up, questioning the choices made and the money spent in what former Defence Minister Peter MacKay called "the worst procurement in the history of Canada". Those who don't learn from history are destined to repeat it, so let's look at some of the lessons (hopefully) ...