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There is a risk that Canada’s new Cyclone helicopter, to be unveiled by the Conservative government Friday, might not have powerful enough engines to do the job, according to Department of National Defence documents obtained by the Citizen.

The problem with the engines is one of a number of risks identified by the DND in May as it prepared for the arrival of the first aircraft.

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Defence Minister Jason Kenney and Public Works Minister Diane Finley will be at 12 Wing Shearwater, N.S., on Friday to unveil the helicopter.

Canada has ordered 28 Cyclones from U.S. aerospace giant Sikorsky but the troubled multi-billion-dollar project is years behind schedule.

Friday’s event will mark the official arrival of the aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force. A number of Cyclones were in Canada for tests but they were still the property of Sikorsky and had not been officially accepted by the government.