Canada’s CH-148 Cyclone fleet gets radar warning software fix

Lockheed Martin received a $9.8 million US Navy contract to update radar-warning and electronic-support software for Canada’s CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters. Funded by Canada through Foreign Military Sales, the work covers a new AN/ALQ-230 operational flight programme and Canadian Mission Data Load Tool software, including development, documentation, testing, installation and training. The upgrades address recorded software and system trouble reports, with the passive receiver detecting radar emissions and the mission-data tool supporting Canadian threat libraries. Work will be performed mainly in Owego, New York, through October 2030, so the award represents planned corrective engineering rather than a completed fleet-wide fix.