The contract, awarded as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, can be extended up to 22 years for a total of up to $552 million. 

The Royal Canadian Air Force CH-148 Cyclone helicopter was deployed on HMCS Fredericton under Operation Reassurance when it crashed off the coast of Greece on April 29.

The recovery operation was able to recover some of the remains of the fallen service members.

The CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crashed into the Ionian Sea on April 29 within sight of the Halifax-class frigate HMCS Fredericton while participating in a NATO training mission.

Capt. Maxime Miron-Morin, 29, was one of six crew members onboard the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece last month.

As Nova Scotia endures multiple tragedies, meet the man trying to help heal the province one flight at a time.

Gen. Jonathan Vance said that recovery operations for the Cyclone helicopter that crashed last month will be released in the coming days.

The warship had spent more than a week in the Italian port city of Taranto after the Cyclone went down in the Ionian Sea on April 29 in full view of some crew members.

Cowbrough, a 23-year-old marine systems engineer from Halifax, was one of six on board the Royal Canadian Air Force CH-148 Cyclone helicopter that crashed off the west coast of Greece.

The crash killed six members of the Canadian Forces, though the remains of only one, Sub-Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough, have been recovered.