Its been 2 decades since I seen my one and only Cormorant at Farnborough Air Show 2022 (my pics below). I think this one also went to AirMed Rescue 2002 conference at Interlaken the same year.
Lets go back in history with the SAR competition around millenium timeframe so there was the
Sikorsky Maplehawk - (saw the graphics on that one pretty cool) a Canadian version of the HH-60G Pave Hawk
Eurocopter Cougar
and of course the Cormorant
I could be wrong here but the Cormorant kinda fitted the bill because at the time did the RCAF were talking about getting rid not only the Voyageur but also the Caribou ? So to kill two birds with one stone here we go...Cormorant ticked the boxes with range and so forth??
cheers