{"id":276,"date":"2023-04-27T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/?p=276"},"modified":"2023-05-05T19:08:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T19:08:47","slug":"imp-aerospace-defence-principle-canadian-subcontractor-for-leonardos-cmlu-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/imp-aerospace-defence-principle-canadian-subcontractor-for-leonardos-cmlu-project\/","title":{"rendered":"IMP Aerospace &#038; Defence Principal Canadian Subcontractor for Leonardo\u2019s CMLU Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MND2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MND2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 27, 2023, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<\/strong>\u2013The Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Anita Anand, visited IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence\u2019s Halifax facility to announce that the company had received a major subcontract for the Cormorant Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) Project.<\/p>\n<p>The $1.168 billion prime contract was awarded to Leonardo U.K. Ltd. in December 2022. As the principal subcontractor, IMP will upgrade 13 of the existing CH-149 Cormorants, with Leonardo building an additional three aircraft to increase the fleet size to 16.<\/p>\n<p>This contract has the potential to create and sustain 650 jobs annually for both local industry and companies across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence has provided all aspects of support to Canada\u2019s fleet of Cormorant Search and Rescue (SAR) CH-149 helicopters for over twenty years. Canada\u2019s CH-149 fleet achieves a higher-flying rate and carries out longer duration Search and Rescue missions to more remote locations than any other EH\/AW101 operator.<\/p>\n<p>The CMLU project will upgrade the SAR helicopters to the newest standard, including digitally controlled engines with increased power, new glass cockpits, wireless in-cabin communications, and the latest technology available for SAR sensors. These upgrades will quicken SAR missions, resulting in a more-efficient rescue process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis contract award acknowledges our unique experience with the CH-149 and our vital role in its sustainment both now and into the future. Our partnership with Canada and Leonardo ensures uninterrupted world-leading SAR availability during the CMLU program and the transition to the next-generation Cormorant fleet,\u201d commented David Gossen, President of IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Media Enquiries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emily McRae<\/p>\n<p>IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence<\/p>\n<p>(902) 873-2250<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:emily.mcrae@impaad.com\">emily.mcrae@impaad.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 27, 2023, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada\u2013The Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Anita Anand, visited IMP Aerospace &amp; Defence\u2019s Halifax facility to announce that the company had received a major subcontract for the Cormorant Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) Project. The $1.168 billion prime contract was awarded to Leonardo U.K. Ltd. in December 2022. As the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/imp-aerospace-defence-principle-canadian-subcontractor-for-leonardos-cmlu-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IMP Aerospace &#038; Defence Principal Canadian Subcontractor for Leonardo\u2019s CMLU Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[66,67,70,68,61,9,10,69],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-anita-anand","tag-cmlu","tag-cmlu-project","tag-cormorant","tag-cp-140","tag-imp","tag-imp-aerospace","tag-leonardo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}